N.Korean Elite Sniper Defects An ex-member of an elite North Korean special warfare unit defected across the West Sea on Oct. 30. He crossed the sea on a raft made of tires, it emerged on Tuesday. Under questioning by the National Intelligence Service, the military and police, the man, who is in his early 30s, said he had been discharged from the marine sniper brigade five years ago and then worked as a civilian member in a military unit. He set out in the raft from South Hwanghae Province in the morning of Oct. 29 and rowed while riding the...