Soldier in North Korea crosses the DMZ to defect to South Korea
A teenage North Korean soldier defected to the South on Monday after walking across the demilitarized zone (DMZ), officials say. The soldier approached a South Korean guard post in Hwacheon in the DMZ and is now in custody, the BBC reports. No fire was exchanged. DMZ defections are rare, with the last one happening in 2012; most defectors leave North Korea by crossing into China, then going through southeast Asia before entering South Korea.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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