North Korean leader Kim Jong Un laughs with General Ri Pyong Chol, right, at a photo session with the participants of the first meeting of the airpersons of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang on April 17, 2014, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on April 20, 2014. REUTERS/KCNA
Eleanor Ross, Newsweek: North Korea Military: What To Know About Life As A Soldier In Kim Jong UN's Army
On June 18, a North Korean soldier fled to South Korea by swimming across a river, the second defection by a member of the military in a week. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said the man had escaped by swimming across a narrow part of the fast-flowing Imjin River, which crosses the demilitarized zone.
He used makeshift foam floating devices to help him cross. Another soldier crossed the demilitarized zone by foot on June 13. The North Korean surrendered himself to a South Korean soldier on the other side, and the South Korean army confirmed there was no exchange of fire.
Conditions must be bad for members to desert the army, but how bad?
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WNU Editor: The sad part of this story is that if push came to shove .... most of these North Korean soldiers will still fight for the Kim Jong Un.
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