A North Korean soldier crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) between the two Koreas into the South at 1950 KST today, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced on Tuesday evening.

In what Seoul is describing as a “defection”, the soldier of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) crossed the border and arrived at a South Korean army guard post in the “central forward area”.

“South Korean military personnel located the defector soldier’s whereabouts and is investigating the motive and progress of the defection,” the JCS said in a statement.

The JCS did not give further details about the location