SEOUL, July 31 — A South Korean marine major-general was relieved of his command today after the military failed to prevent a man's illegal defection back to the North, officials said. The man's departure only came to light when Pyongyang — which insists it has not had any coronavirus cases —...
A surveillance camera stands on a barbed-wire fence near the militarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea December 21, 2017. — Reuters pic
Defections from the South to the North are extremely rare, and doubly so across the DMZ, which divides the peninsula and is one of the world's most secure borders. A guard at a post about 200 metres from the water conduit spotted “lights” when Kim arrived in a taxi at 2.18am, but took no action, they added.
Kim originally defected to the South in 2017, also by swimming across the river. He was being investigated on rape allegations in the South before his return.The South's health authorities said his name did not appear in the database of confirmed coronavirus cases, nor lists of their contacts.
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