Posted on 11/23/2017 3:12:02 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
N.K. apparently replaces all border security guards after soldier's defection: source
2017/11/23 17:29
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is believed to have replaced all border security guards following a North Korean soldier's recent defection to the South via a jointly controlled area at the tense border, an intelligence source said Thursday.
A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by his fellows Nov. 13 when he sought to cross the heavily guarded inter-Korean border to defect. The replacement seems to be a response to their failure to deter his escape.
"Signs were detected that North Korea has replaced all border security officials following the defection," the source said. "Given this situation, commanders of the responsible military unit and senior officers might have undergone punishment."
The United Nations Command (UNC) said Wednesday that North Korea clearly violated the 1953 Armistice Agreement twice last week when its border guards tried to hunt down the soldier fleeing to South Korea via the truce village of Panmunjom.
The defector drove a jeep southwards in an apparent bid to cross the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), but exited the vehicle near the border after its wheel seemed to come loose, according to a video clip released by the UNC.
Four armed North Korean guards chased the defector, who tried to dash toward the South. He was shot five times and some of the gunshots flew over the MDL. A North Korean guard also crossed the MDL for a few seconds and then returned to the North's side.
It was a rare defection through the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that bisects the two Koreas, where South and North Korean forces stand face-to-face.
The intelligence source also said that North Korea appears to have temporarily closed the so-called 72-hour bridge, over which the defector drove the jeep at high speed to reach the northern side of the JSA.
The source added that the North is apparently tightening its screening of forces coming in and out of the DMZ.
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Yet another thing to be grateful for this Thanksgiving 🦃 that my ancestors landed at Plymouth for all off the hardships they suffered and prevailed over rather than landing in some place like that!
“Check the Chinese market for newly available organs from unlisted donors and you’ll have an idea. “
Considering that North Koreans are chock full of parasites, I dont think China would take them.
So check the local bait shops for a new supply of fishing worms.
Perhaps you are unfamiliar with FR. The sarc tag is used, unused, but infrequently misused and/or abused.
Jumping to the defense of the NORKs and the Chinese because you have no sense of humor - Priceless!
BTW - never too late to make a statement worth making....
It’s logical to replace dead people.
“Check the Chinese market for newly available organs from unlisted donors and you’ll have an idea. “
Do you have solid evidence to support your innuendo or was it just a cheap humour attempt (to stay polite) ?
You do know that the NK regime is responsible for systematic starvation of its own people.
Are you saying it’s not likely that they murder a bunch of their own border guards and sell their organs through the Chinese market?
Do you find that hard to believe?
I think it’s not only extremely believable but also highly likely.
Go ahead, hit the abuse button. Report me for “defaming North Korea”.
Can’t guess when dead.
Guess is guard, I hate spell correct.
Considering that North Koreans are chock full of parasites, I dont think China would take them.
Unless the NORKS get rid of their biggest parasite on 2 legs they can expect to live in the hellhole of a nation.
But I guess if you already have parasites, and you also need a kidney, and the Chinese are selling kidneys cheap, then you might not care if the kidney they are selling has parasites. Maybe a lot of buyers don’t ask, and the Chinese don’t tell.
Irony goes to the internet to die.
The most amazing part of this story is the parasitic infestation of the defector. The X ray of his guts is the most damning film to come out of North Korea.
All kinds of condemnation of all sorts of things can be published but the truly ancient infestation is the real, actual evidence of the total backward nature of the country.
If the mollycoddled special treated soldiers are so infested, the rest of the normal people are just plain doomed.
Since a jeep is the easiest to maintain, I wonder if this is an indication of how decrepit the rest of their military machinery is.........
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