Gymnast flees North Korea by vaulting over border

South Korean soldiers guard the Demilitarised Zone at Panmunjom

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last updated 25 November 2020

A gymnast in North Korea escaped to the South by vaulting himself over the border barricades without triggering sensors. When he was eventually caught, the authorities were so stunned by his method that they asked him to demonstrate it, according to the BBC's Seoul correspondent. The border zone is 2.5 miles wide, 160 miles long and is mined along its entire length.

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