South Korean crosses armed border in uncommon defection to North

South Korea’s navy stated the individual crossed the closely fortified border in a uncommon defection to North Korea. File picture of Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in South Korea | APA South Korean has crossed the closely fortified border in a uncommon defection to North Korea, South Korea’s navy stated on Sunday.The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) stated it carried out a search operation after detecting the individual round 9:20 p.m. (1220 GMT) on Saturday on the jap facet of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the 2 Koreas.”We’ve confirmed that the person crossed the Military Demarcation Line border about 10:40 p.m. (1340 GMT) and defected to the North,” the JCS stated.The JCS stated it couldn’t affirm whether or not the individual was alive, however despatched a discover to the North through a navy hotline asking for defense.The border crossing, which is prohibited in South Korea, got here as North Korea carries out strict anti-coronavirus measures since shutting borders in early 2020, although it has not confirmed any infections.A public and political uproar emerged after North Korean troops shot lifeless a South Korean fisheries official who went lacking at sea in September 2020, for which Pyongyang blamed anti-virus guidelines and apologised.Two months earlier, North Korean chief Kim Jong Un declared a nationwide emergency and sealed off a border city after a North Korean defector who he stated had COVID-19 signs illegally crossed the border into the North from the South.The North’s extended lockdowns and restrictions on inter-provincial motion have additionally pushed the variety of North Korean defectors arriving within the South to an all-time low.Cross-border relations soured after denuclearisation negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington stalled since a failed summit in 2019.South Korea and a U.S.-led U.N. power are technically nonetheless at conflict with North Korea because the 1950-1953 Korean War led to an armistice fairly than a peace treaty.Also learn: Willing to renew talks if South Korea drops hostility, says Kim Jong-Un’s sister

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