A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection ...

The mission to safely guide the man to the South involved a considerable number of South Korean troops and took around 20 ...

A North Korean man who identified himself as a civilian crossed the heavily fortified military demarcation line between the ...

A North Korean man was taken into custody by the South Korean military after crossing the heavily fortified border between ...

The unarmed man was found in the central-west border section before being led to safety by South Korean troops.

The incident comes after a North Korean soldier defected to the South by crossing the MDL in August last year. Also last year ...

A North Korean civilian crossed the military border in the central-western frontline area between Yeoncheon and Paju, ...

South Korean troops fired warning shots at the Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday after 10 North Korean soldiers — some carrying weapons — were spotted crossing the border.

The North Korean government has remained totally silent on the situation of Travis King, a U.S. Army serviceman who was seen sprinting into the communist nation.

A North Korean soldier crossed the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) late Wednesday night and defected to South Korean forces, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday. The ...

Six North Korean soldiers in the past three years have run for a new life to South Korea by crossing the demilitarized zone, aka DMZ. Kim is one of those courageous young men in their 20s who ...

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (UPI) --A North Korean soldier defected through the demilitarized zone, the South's military and local media said Tuesday, the second border crossing this month amid a loudspeaker ...