South Korea’s military says an unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two ...

An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean ...

A North Korean man was taken into custody by the South Korean military after crossing the heavily fortified border between ...

An unidentified North Korean man crossed into South Korea with the assistance of Seoul’s military through a heavily mined land border Thursday. He was taken into custody after the crossing, ...

A North Korean civilian voluntarily crossed the heavily mined land border between the two countries, aided by the South's ...

An unidentified North Korean man has successfully crossed the heavily fortified land border into South Korea and is now in custody, the South Korean military confirmed on Friday.

SEOUL, South Korea — An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean custody, the South’s military said Friday.

South Korean authorities plan to investigate the border crossing and did not immediately say whether they view the incident as a defection attempt.

Tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled to South Korea since the peninsula was divided by war in the 1950s, but defections across the land border are relatively rare.

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 ...