North Korean man makes rare direct land crossing to South – DW – 07/04/2025
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A North Korean man has crossed the heavily fortified demilitarized zone to the South. The apparent defection is unusual because most people escape via China, not the heavily guarded border separating the two Koreas.
  • palordrolap@fedia.io
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    26 days ago

    If, as rumours suggest, the DPRK is in the habit of punishing the families of defectors, I can only hope he was an unattached man with no family.

    At the very least, I’m sure someone in charge of the border patrol at the north side is going to get a stern talking to.

    As to those family punishment rumours, I can imagine the DPRK might like people to believe them, even if they’re not true. It would go some way to discourage people from doing things like this.