SEOUL — A suspected defector from North Korea crossed the existing western maritime border last month and is now in the South, Seoul's military said Friday, days after Pyongyang said it would seal off the countries' shared border.
SEOUL — A suspected defector from North Korea crossed the existing western maritime border last month and is now in the South, Seoul's military said Friday, days after Pyongyang said it would seal off the countries' shared border.The North 's army said this week it would 'permanently shut off and block the southern border' by 'completely cutting off roads and railways' connected to the South and building 'strong defense structures.
The latest case follows two recent defections: one across the heavily fortified inter-Korean land border and the other through the neutral zone of the Han River estuary, both reported by Seoul in August.South Korea said in July that Pyongyang had planted tens of thousands of new landmines and built barriers in the border area, resulting in 'multiple casualties' among the North's soldiers when mines exploded.
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