North Korean Soldier Was Drunk When He Drove His Jeep When He Crossed The DMZ

Newsweek: North Korean Soldier Was Drunk Before Driving Jeep Across Border in Unplanned Defection, Seoul’s Spies Say

The South Korean spy agency suspect that a North Korean soldier’s dramatic defection in November may not have been not the result of careful planning and deliberation, but instead an impulsive, and possibly drunken, decision.

The National Intelligence Service briefed the South Korean National Assembly’s intelligence committee on Thursday, reporting on the investigation into defector Oh Chung Sung’s motives for crossing the border one cloudy November afternoon, after identifying him as the son of a Korean People’s Army colonel.

Rumors that Oh killed someone in some sort of accident before he escaped were reported in South Korean media earlier this week, but intelligence officials dismissed the possibility the soldier committed a murder, the newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported. Instead, they believe he may have crossed the inter-Korean border after causing a traffic accident while driving drunk and while fearing repercussions for his actions.

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Update: The North Korean defector who escaped after being shot had reportedly been in a drunk-driving accident (Business Insider)

WNU Editor: I guess the booze gave him the courage to defect.