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North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across the heavily fortified border

October 19, 2025 admin

A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the heavily fortified border on Sunday (October 19, 2025), South Korea’s military said. The military took custody of the soldier who crossed the central portion of the land border, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. It said the soldier expressed a desire…

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South Korean man convicted for deliberately gaining weight to evade military service

November 26, 2024 admin

A South Korean man has been sentenced to a suspended prison term for deliberately gaining more than 20 kilograms (44 pounds) to evade a tougher role in the country’s military conscription system, a Seoul court said Tuesday (November 26, 2024). In South Korea, all able-bodied men must serve in the military for 18-21 months, but…

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Seoul says North Korea has likely sent missiles as well as ammunition, shells to Russia

November 2, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left in front, and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, second right in front, examine a rocket assembly hangar during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, in Russia, on September 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP North Korea has likely supplied several types of missiles…

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Four suspected North Korean defectors found in small boat in South Korean waters

October 24, 2023 admin

A South Korean military vessel tows a North Korean boat that carried people believed to be seeking to defect from the country, to a port in Yangyang, South Korea, on October 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters “Four North Koreans were found in a small wooden boat in South Korean waters on October 24 in…

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