The incident is the first alleged defection of a North Korean soldier in more than a year.
South Korea says it has taken a North Korean soldier into custody after he crossed the country’s heavily guarded border.
The soldier crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) that divides the peninsula on Sunday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, which said it “tracked and monitored” the soldier before securing him.
South Kore
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