N. Korean soldier defects to S. Korea via truce line

A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by fellow soldiers Monday while defecting to South Korea at the border village of Panmunjeom, located in the demilitarized zone that divides the two countries, according to the South Korean military.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the soldier defected from a guard post in front of Panmungak, North Korea's main building in the Joint Security Area, a small strip of land in the truce village where troops from both sides stand face-to-face.The incident, which occurred at 3:31 p.m., is extremely rare as North Korean troops stationed in the JSA are belie…READ FULL ARTICLE