A North Korean crossed the maritime border between the two Koreas and defected to South Korea early on Friday morning, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

The South Korean military rescued one North Korean citizen – “who defected to the South via the sea” – at Gyodong Island on the frontline between the two Koreas at 0100 KST.

Gyodong Island is located in Ganghwa-gun district, Incheon Metropolitan City which faces the DPRK’s South Hwanghae Province.

The JCS, however, didn’t specify whether he swam across or used a boat.

“Our military located the detector and are in the process