Seoul Believes Fugitive From South Was Once Defector From North Korea

10:58 GMT, 3 January 2022

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A person who fled to North Korea from the South is presumed to be a North Korean who had previously crossed the border and entered the South, the country's Defence Ministry said to the media on Monday.

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The person in question was spotted crossing the barriers to the North on Saturday night. His identity was not disclosed.

“Regarding the border crossing, the authorities presume the person is a North Korean defector and are in the process of verifying related facts," the ministry was quoted as saying in a statement to the Yonhap news agency on Monday.

The defector is reportedly believed to be a man who climbed over fencing in the same area of the common border and entered South Korea in November 2020.

Unidentified Individual Crosses From South Into North Korea - Reports

2 January 2022, 03:14 GMT

On Sunday, South Korea sent a message to the North at the border crossing by a military communication line.

The incident led to concerns in Seoul, which pledged to tighten border security in late 2020 in an attempt to prevent illegal crossings, according to the agency.