South Korea captures North Korean man who crossed border, issues military alert

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South Korea captures North Korean man who crossed border, issues military alert

The person likely crossed barbed wire at the eastern frontline of the border, ROK military officials told reporters

Jeongmin Kim November 3, 2020

South Korea captures North Korean man who crossed border, issues military alert

Republic of Korea Armed Forces | ROK soldiers near the border in 2018

This is a developing story (updated at Nov. 4, 11:12 a.m. KST).

South Korea issued a rare military alert after detecting signs of a person crossing the eastern border on Wednesday, later capturing an unnamed North Korean man at around 9:50 a.m.

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim

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