South Korea's military said on Wednesday that it had detained a North Korean soldier overnight after he crossed near the central section of the inter-Korean border.
"The military secured one North Korean soldier in the central front Tuesday night and relevant authorities are currently investigating the details," Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a message to the media, including Yonhap.
South Korean news agency Yonhap also reported, without citing a source, that the soldier was believed to wish to defect. Why North Korea is now Europe's problemTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
How rare are inter-Korean border crossings?
North and South Korea are separated by a heavily fortified border with a special demarcation area known as the DMZ on either side of the frontier, and secondary buffer zones after that.
