A North Korean soldier at the border village of Panmunjom defected to the South on Monday and was shot and wounded by the North Korean military while crossing the border. While many details remain unclear, the defection has been described as highly unusual as it happened at the heavily guarded border and serves as a major embarrassment to the totalitarian Kim Jung Un regime.
According to a South Korean defense ministry official, the North Korean soldier defected from a North Korean guard post nearby and 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. He is being treated in a South Korean hospital.
