North Korean soldier walks across DMZ in bid to defect to South

[Kickin Balls]

[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/15/us-southkorea-northkorea-defector-idUSKBN0OV04W20150615[/url]

[quote]A teenaged North Korean soldier walked across the world's most heavily militarized border on Monday in a bid to defect to South Korea, South Korean Defense Ministry officials said.[/quote]

[quote]There was no exchange of fire or warning shots as the soldier clearly expressed his desire to defect, the official said. The soldier was being held in custody while officials ran checks.[/quote]

[quote]Yonhap News Agency reported that the North Korean military had been laying landmines along parts of the border this year, in an apparent move to prevent defections, citing a South Korean government official.[/quote]

Perhaps he saw they were laying landmines, and thought, "Fuck it, it's my last chance to defect"?

He was apparently only 17 as well.

[b]Edit:[/b]

Apparently according to some reddit posters about the issue, he did this at the area that's infamous on the DMZ, the JSA area or something. It's the place with the blue barracks and death stare soldiers.

[MrWasabi]

Hey, not to be 'That guy' but:
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1470998[/url]

[Kickin Balls]

[QUOTE=Ta16;47964897]Hey, not to be 'That guy' but:
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1470998[/url][/QUOTE]

Ah motherfucker I even looked hard to see if it was posted as well. :(