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What the parasites in a defector’s stomach tell us about North Korea
N Korea defector has 'enormous parasites'
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/21/asia/north-korea-defector/index.html
North Korea accused of violating armistice by pursuing defecting soldier
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN
Updated 12:06 AM ET, Wed November 22, 2017
Soldier is conscious
(CNN)North Korean soldiers violated the armistice agreement between North and South Korea as they fired across the line that divides the two countries in pursuit of a defector last week, the UN says.
The United Nations Command in South Korea played dramatic security footage of the soldier's brazen defection across the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) at a news conference on Wednesday. It showed the soldier running across the border as North Korean soldiers shot at him and South Korean troops later crawling to rescue him.
A North Korean defector darts across the DMZ dividing the two Koreas in this screenshot of a handout video provided by the United Nations Command.
As well as firing across the border, one North Korea soldier crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) -- another violation of the armistice that paused the Korean War in 1953, said Col. Chad Carroll, US Forces Korea public affairs director. A peace treaty formally ending the war has never been signed.
Carroll said that the UN Command had notified the North Korean People's Army of the violations via regular communication channels and requested a meeting to discuss the results of the UN investigation into the incident as well as measures to prevent future such violations.
"The armistice agreement was challenged, but it remains in place," Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, the American who leads the UN Command.
The soldier is the third member of the North Korean armed forces to defect this year.
What was shown
The security footage released by the UN Command begins at 3:11 p.m. local time on November 13, with a wide shot of a military vehicle speeding down a tree-lined street on the North Korean side of the DMZ.
It moves past a North Korean guard post ahead of the bridge at 3:13 p.m.
What appears to be a soldier exits the building as the vehicle rushes past. Moments later, the vehicle crosses a bridge.
It then approaches a monument to North Korea's founding father, Kim Il Sung, the starting point for North Korean tours of the Joint Security Area. Carroll said there were no tour groups on either side of the DMZ when the defection occurred.
The driver turns right at the monument, just steps away from South Korea. It's still 3:13 p.m. Under the cover of trees, the vehicle appears to stop.
At 3:14 p.m., North Korean soldiers run toward the vehicle from an adjacent guard tower and from the steps at Panmungak, the main building on the North Korean side of the JSA.
The video then shows the defecting soldier getting out from the driver's side of the vehicle and starting to run.
Four North Korean soldiers appear in frame near the vehicle. One falls to the ground, though it's unclear why. Another appears to fire his gun.
One North Korean soldier then briefly crosses the MDL.
At 3:43 p.m., Col. Carroll says the video shows the defecting soldier lying against a retaining wall in a pile of leaves on the South Korean side of the DMZ.
It's another 12-minute jump to the following clip. It shows heat signatures of the wounded defector and three soldiers who are tasked with recovering him. More forces were in the area, Carroll said, but only three went to his immediate vicinity.
Two people -- non-commissioned officers according to Carroll -- crawl on the ground and make their way to the injured North Korean while another, who Carroll says is the South Korean JSA deputy battalion commander, stands guard.
Soldier regains consciousness
The soldier, who was shot five times and underwent multiple surgeries, has regained consciousness but needs further treatment, his surgeon, Lee Guk-jong, said in a separate news conference Wednesday at the Ajou University Hospital.
Lee said he talked to the North Korea soldier "a lot." He said he felt he had come to South Korea of his own free will.
Lee added that the former soldier had viruses that could lead to liver cancer.
Last week, doctors said the soldier sustained five gunshot wounds -- on his right buttock, left armpit, back shoulder, right upper arm and right knee. The defector was also found to have dozens of parasites, some as long as 27 centimeters, in his ruptured intestines, which may be reflective of poor nutrition and health in North Korea's military.
The former North Korean soldier's name and rank have not been revealed.
View from North Korea side of the Demilitarized Zone earlier this year, at Panmungak, looking towards Freedom House.
According to information released by officials last week, the soldier drove a vehicle near the military demarcation line and then "exited the vehicle and continued fleeing south across the line as he was fired upon by other soldiers from North Korea."
More than 40 bullets were fired at the soldier, from pistols and an AK-47, South Korea's military said. South Korean troops did not return fire.
CNN's Ben Westcott and Paula Hancocks contributed to this report
What the parasites in a defector’s stomach tell us about North Korea
N Korea defector has 'enormous parasites'
This video explains things:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/21/asia/north-korea-defector/index.html
North Korea accused of violating armistice by pursuing defecting soldier
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN
Updated 12:06 AM ET, Wed November 22, 2017
Soldier is conscious
(CNN)North Korean soldiers violated the armistice agreement between North and South Korea as they fired across the line that divides the two countries in pursuit of a defector last week, the UN says.
The United Nations Command in South Korea played dramatic security footage of the soldier's brazen defection across the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) at a news conference on Wednesday. It showed the soldier running across the border as North Korean soldiers shot at him and South Korean troops later crawling to rescue him.
A North Korean defector darts across the DMZ dividing the two Koreas in this screenshot of a handout video provided by the United Nations Command.
As well as firing across the border, one North Korea soldier crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) -- another violation of the armistice that paused the Korean War in 1953, said Col. Chad Carroll, US Forces Korea public affairs director. A peace treaty formally ending the war has never been signed.
Carroll said that the UN Command had notified the North Korean People's Army of the violations via regular communication channels and requested a meeting to discuss the results of the UN investigation into the incident as well as measures to prevent future such violations.
"The armistice agreement was challenged, but it remains in place," Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, the American who leads the UN Command.
The soldier is the third member of the North Korean armed forces to defect this year.
What was shown
The security footage released by the UN Command begins at 3:11 p.m. local time on November 13, with a wide shot of a military vehicle speeding down a tree-lined street on the North Korean side of the DMZ.
It moves past a North Korean guard post ahead of the bridge at 3:13 p.m.
What appears to be a soldier exits the building as the vehicle rushes past. Moments later, the vehicle crosses a bridge.
It then approaches a monument to North Korea's founding father, Kim Il Sung, the starting point for North Korean tours of the Joint Security Area. Carroll said there were no tour groups on either side of the DMZ when the defection occurred.
The driver turns right at the monument, just steps away from South Korea. It's still 3:13 p.m. Under the cover of trees, the vehicle appears to stop.
At 3:14 p.m., North Korean soldiers run toward the vehicle from an adjacent guard tower and from the steps at Panmungak, the main building on the North Korean side of the JSA.
The video then shows the defecting soldier getting out from the driver's side of the vehicle and starting to run.
Four North Korean soldiers appear in frame near the vehicle. One falls to the ground, though it's unclear why. Another appears to fire his gun.
One North Korean soldier then briefly crosses the MDL.
At 3:43 p.m., Col. Carroll says the video shows the defecting soldier lying against a retaining wall in a pile of leaves on the South Korean side of the DMZ.
It's another 12-minute jump to the following clip. It shows heat signatures of the wounded defector and three soldiers who are tasked with recovering him. More forces were in the area, Carroll said, but only three went to his immediate vicinity.
Two people -- non-commissioned officers according to Carroll -- crawl on the ground and make their way to the injured North Korean while another, who Carroll says is the South Korean JSA deputy battalion commander, stands guard.
Soldier regains consciousness
The soldier, who was shot five times and underwent multiple surgeries, has regained consciousness but needs further treatment, his surgeon, Lee Guk-jong, said in a separate news conference Wednesday at the Ajou University Hospital.
Lee said he talked to the North Korea soldier "a lot." He said he felt he had come to South Korea of his own free will.
Lee added that the former soldier had viruses that could lead to liver cancer.
Last week, doctors said the soldier sustained five gunshot wounds -- on his right buttock, left armpit, back shoulder, right upper arm and right knee. The defector was also found to have dozens of parasites, some as long as 27 centimeters, in his ruptured intestines, which may be reflective of poor nutrition and health in North Korea's military.
The former North Korean soldier's name and rank have not been revealed.
View from North Korea side of the Demilitarized Zone earlier this year, at Panmungak, looking towards Freedom House.
According to information released by officials last week, the soldier drove a vehicle near the military demarcation line and then "exited the vehicle and continued fleeing south across the line as he was fired upon by other soldiers from North Korea."
More than 40 bullets were fired at the soldier, from pistols and an AK-47, South Korea's military said. South Korean troops did not return fire.
CNN's Ben Westcott and Paula Hancocks contributed to this report
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