Authorities are questioning the person who got here throughout the border close to the northeastern coast of South Korea.
A North Korean soldier has defected to South Korea, in response to the Yonhap information company.
The soldier was taken into custody within the northeastern county of Goseong early on Tuesday after crossing the border, Yonhap reported citing an unnamed navy supply.
It mentioned the defector was regarded as a employees sergeant.
He was being questioned about his motives for defecting, the Reuters information company reported, citing a South Korean defence official it didn’t identify. The official declined to offer additional particulars.
The defection happened two weeks after a North Korean resident crossed the border close to the nation’s west coast.
Crossing the heavily-fortified border between the 2 Koreas is extraordinarily dangerous and comparatively uncommon.
In 2017, there have been a handful of defections by North Korean troopers. Certainly one of them took benefit of thick fog to cross the demilitarized zone (DMZ).
Most North Korean civilians who go away make the journey to South Korea by way of China and different third international locations.
