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NK Defector to Head to S.Korea Write 2010-12-14 17:57:11 Update 2010-12-14 18:38:32 Japan’s Kyodo News says a North Korean defector will come to South Korea. Quoting a U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees official, Kyodo News said that an interpreter for the North Korean military secretly entered eastern Russia in September. It said the Russian government turned down his request for asylum and that South Korea will accept him. The North Korean defector testified that he was an interpreter for Russian relations for high-ranking North Korean military officials. He reportedly said he defected due to difficulties under the Kim Jong-il regime.

/begin my translation N. Korea: Troops In Border Area Given Ammo & Grenades 'Good Friends', "N.K. Stepping Up Semi-Wartime Footing " [2006-09-06 18:10] N. Korea notched up its semi-wartime footing in recent days, issuing grenades and ammunition to troops stationed in the border area (with China), while N. Korean General Staff is drawing up a border shutdown plan, according to Sept. 6 issue of the news letter by Good Friends, a N. Korea relief aid agency . The N. Korean General Staffs issued an order on July 30, titled, "To the entire military regarding keeping up their vigilance, and redoubling their...