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North Korean avoids land mines to cross DMZ into South Korea as Seoul softens stance on Pyongyang
A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection ...
North Korean civilian detained after crossing mined land border ‘with help of Seoul military’
Tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled to South Korea since the peninsula was divided by war in the 1950s, but ...
Business Times7d
North Korean Man Crosses Heavily Fortified DMZ on Foot, Detained by South Korean Troops After 20-Hour Operation
A North Korean civilian was taken into custody by South Korean forces early Thursday after making a rare defection across the ...
Arise News7d
Unarmed North Korean Man Crosses Border Into South Korea, Now in Custody
South Korean troops detain unarmed North Korean man after rare border crossing amid rising inter-Korean military tensions ...
North Korean man crosses the heavily fortified border to South Korea
The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military identified and tracked the individual near the central-west section of ...
Taipei Times7d
N Korean detained after crossing DMZ, Seoul says
The incident comes after a North Korean soldier defected to the South by crossing the MDL in August last year. Also last year ...
Newser on MSN7d
Man Guided Out of DMZ in 20-Hour Operation
A North Korean man made a rare direct crossing into South Korea this week, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced ...
North Korean eludes military, landmines to cross border into South Korea
The mission to safely guide the man to the South involved a considerable number of South Korean troops and took around 20 ...
North Korean Defector Makes Wild Escape Across Giant Minefield
A North Korean defector dodged a shoot-on-sight order, armed guards, and dozens of land mines to cross one of the most militarized borders in the world. The civilian crossed into South Korea after ...
SOFREP on MSN7d
Morning Brief: US military expands border authority with new restricted zones, North Korean man crosses demilitarized zone
Border militarization expands, Russia ramps up chemical warfare, and more. Welcome to Friday, July 4th, 2025. This is ...
Stars and Stripes7d
North Korean man captured inside DMZ after crossing into South Korea
A North Korean man was taken into custody by the South Korean military after crossing the heavily fortified border between ...