Two North Koreans Including a Soldier Defect to South Korea

Two North Koreans Including a Soldier Defect to South Korea
North Korean soldiers on the border with South Korea on Nov. 27, 2017. Korea Pool/Getty Images
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SEOUL—Two North Koreans defected to South Korea early on Saturday and were found in the Yellow Sea, Seoul-based news agency Yonhap reported, citing a government source.

Yonhap said that South Korean military spotted two people in a boat near the inter-Korean sea border, one of whom was a military officer, and they showed willingness to defect to the South.