North Korean Soldier Defects

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  North Korean Soldier Crosses Demilitarised Zone Into South

  A North Korean soldier crossed the Demilitarised Zone that divides the peninsula, Seoul's military said Thursday, in a rare direct defection across the heavily fortified frontier.

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  North Korean Soldier Defects Across Border, Says South Korea's Military

  A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the eastern land border on Saturday, the South's military said.

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  Shots Fired Along Demilitarised Zone As North Korean Soldier Defects

  South Korean guards fired warning shots across the heavily militarised border with North Korea on Thursday as a soldier from the North defected, officials said, complicating efforts to ease tensions over the Pyongyang's weapons programmes.

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  North Korea Sacks Soldiers, South Korea Awards Medals After Defector's Border Dash

  North Korea has reportedly replaced guards and fortified a section of its border with South Korea where a North Korean soldier staged a daring defection last week, while South Korean and U.S. soldiers have been decorated for their role in his rescue.

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  Dramatic Video Shows North Korean Soldier Making A Run For Freedom

  North Korea clearly violated the 1953 armistice agreement that ended the Korean War when its border guards shot after, and one ran after, a North Korean soldier as he made a daring dash for freedom last week, the commander of U.S. Forces in Korea said Wednesday.

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  Watch: Dramatic Footage Shows North Korea Defector's Border Dash

  Dramatic footage of a North Korean soldier's defection released Wednesday showed him racing across the border under fire from former comrades, and then being hauled to safety by South Korean troops.

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  North Korean Defector's Diet And Parasites Hint At Hard Life In The Country

  Parasitic worms found in a North Korean soldier, critically injured during a desperate defection, highlight nutrition and hygiene problems that experts say have plagued the isolated country for decades.

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  North Korean Soldier, Shot For Trying To Defect To South, Stable

  A North Korean soldier shot multiple times while defecting to the South is in a stable condition but riddled with parasites that could complicate his chances of survival, his doctor said Thursday.

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  North Korean Defector 'Stabilised' After Second Surgery: Surgeon

  A North Korean soldier who suffered critical gunshot wounds during a defection dash over the border to South Korea this week stabilised on Wednesday after a second round of surgery, a doctor treating him said.

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  North Korean Soldier Dashed Over To South As Bullets Rained, Shot At 6 Times

  A North Korean soldier involved in an extremely rare and dramatic defection to the South was shot six times by his own side as he drove to the heavily guarded border and ran across under a hail of bullets.

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  North Korean Soldier Crosses Mined Demilitrized Zone To Defect To South

  A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea today, the South's military said, making a rare crossing of one of the world's most heavily fortified borders amid heightened tension between the rival neighbours.

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  North Korea Soldier Defects Across Land Border

  A North Korean soldier crossed the border with South Korea Monday in a rare defection through one of the world's most fortified frontiers, military officials said.

• North Korean soldier shoots 2 officers, defects to South Korea

  A North Korean soldier defected to the South on Saturday through the heavily militarised border, apparently shooting dead two superior officers in the process, the South Korean military said.