South Korean soldiers check the border fence as they patrol ...
AFP
Wed Oct 28, 4:07 AM
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South Korean soldiers check the border fence as they patrol the North Korean border north of Seoul in June. South Korea's military came under fire Wednesday after a civilian apparently fleeing arrest for assault cut his way through a barbed-wire fence on the closely guarded border and defected to North Korea.

Photo:Won Dai-Yeon/AFP

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