North Korean authorities have installed a new gate along the road to the demilitarized zone (DMZ), recent visitors have told NK News, slowing traffic on the drive to the spot where a DPRK soldier defected last November.

Two other gates that in the past were typically left open are now almost permanently closed, with one newly fitted with wheel spikes.

The soldier, named as Oh by South Korean authorities, defected to the South by driving a military jeep at high speed near the Northern area of the joint security area (JSA), before crossing into the