North Korea Defector Regains Consciousness, Footage Shows Getaway Under Fire

North Korean People's Army violated the armistice agreement by crossing the Military Demarcation Line

A CCTV footage shows a North Korean soldier running during a United Nations Command (UNC) briefing on the investigation results of another soldier's defection, at the South Korean defence ministry in Seoul in this still image taken from a Reuters TV video, Nov. 22, 2017. REUTERS/Reuters TV

SEOUL–North Korean border guards were only steps behind a North Korean soldier when they opened fire and one briefly crossed the border pursuing the wounded defector as he dashed to the South Korean side, revealed a video released on Wednesday, Nov. 22, by the U.N. Command (UNC) in Seoul.

The defecting soldier, whose rank and identity have not been disclosed, was critically wounded, having been hit five or six times in the hail of bullets as he made his desperate escape on Nov. 13. He was flown by a U.S. military helicopter to a hospital in Suwon, south of Seoul.