An unidentified person has crossed the heavily militarized border from South Korea into North Korea, the South Korean military said.
The unidentified person was spotted by the South Korean military at the eastern front of the Demilitarized Zone at around 9:20 p.m. local time on Saturday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The person was detected with the use of a thermal observation device.The JCS said troops were dispatched but they were unable to find the person, who crossed the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea at around 10:40 p.m.
Didn't the Korean War end in 1953? The short answer is no A military official said security cameras had earlier captured the person climbing a barbed wire fence at around 6:40 p.m. Saturday, but the guard on CCTV duty had missed it.The unidentified person was spotted by South Korean military at the east front of the Demilitarized Zone at around 9:20 p.m. local time on Saturday, the JCS said. The person was seen with the use of a thermal observation device.
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