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A North Korean soldier has defected to the South via the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone. He’s thought to be of the lower ranks and in his late
A North Korean soldier has defected to the South via the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone.
He’s thought to be of the lower ranks and in his late teens.
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The soldier is said to have crossed on foot and handed himself over to a guardhouse complaining of beatings and poor living conditions.
Inter-Korean tensions have been escalating in recent months as the communist regime tests a submarine-launched ballistic missile and claims to have mastered miniaturizing warheads to mount on delivery vehicles.
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