SEOUL: A North Korean soldier crossed the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula, Seoul's military said Thursday, in a rare direct defection across the heavily fortified frontier.
More than 30,000 North Koreans have escaped to the South since the two were separated by war more than 65 years ago, according to Seoul government data, many of them driven by prolonged economic hardship.
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