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Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim is a Correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Aju News Corporation where he covered South Korea's economy and tech sectors, K-pop and inter-Korean relations.
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News North Korean man crosses into South in second defection of the summerEscapee used improvised flotation to cross into ROK territory via maritime border with joint investigation underway
A North Korean man swam across the maritime border near South Korea’s Gyodong Island late last month, marking the second apparent defection under President Lee Jae-myung’s administration, according to Seoul’s defense ministry on Thursday. Seoul’s Ministry of National Defense told NK News it identified a North Korean individual around the neutral zone of the Han River on July 31 and handed them over to relevant authorities. The ministry added that there were no unusual movements by North Korean forces at the time. “As far as I know, this person simply drifted in through the water,” a defense ministry official said © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |