North Korean Soldier, Shot and Wounded, Defects to South

A North Korean soldier (back) stands guard at the Military Demarcation Line in the border village of Panmunjom between South and North Korea in Panmunjom, South Korea on Oct. 9, 2016. Jeon Heon-Kyun-Pool/Getty Images

A North Korean soldier defected to the South on Monday after being shot and wounded by the North Korean military, South Korea said.

The soldier was found on the south side of the border village of Panmunjom, about 50 meters south of the Military Demarcation Line, wounded in his shoulder and elbow, according to a South Korean defense ministry official.