The South Korean military broadcast the news of a recent defection by a North Korean soldier into the DPRK, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) suggested in a briefing on Monday.

Multiple South Korean outlets reported on Sunday that the South Korean military had been broadcasting news of the defection of a soldier from the Korean People’s Army (KPA) on November 13, through the FM radio station “Voice of Freedom.”

The JCS appeared to confirm the reports during an on-camera briefing on Monday, in a response to a local journalist asking whether the authorities would continue to broadcast the news on