Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Northern Exposure

A North Korean 2nd lieutenant defected to South Korea by walking across the DMZ:

It was the first defection in 10 years of a commissioned North Korean military officer, according to Yonhap, an official South Korean news agency.


One can never tell if this is an isolated incident, the tip of the iceberg indicating a wider problem within the North Korean military, or even a plant by North Korea to perhaps discourage such defections by later decrying his treatment in the south and begging to go home.

It is news, regardless.