A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection ...

A North Korean man who identified himself as a civilian crossed the heavily fortified military demarcation line between the ...

The mission to safely guide the man to the South involved a considerable number of South Korean troops and took around 20 ...

The unarmed, male civilian navigated through the heavily land-mined area, hiding under bushes, and was later found in a ...

A North Korean civilian voluntarily crossed the heavily mined land border between the two countries, aided by the South's ...

South Korea's Unification Ministry confirmed reports on Monday that it plans to repatriate six North Koreans who were rescued ...

The unarmed man was found in the central-west border section before being led to safety by South Korean troops.

A North Korean man was taken into custody by the South Korean military after crossing the heavily fortified border between ...

South Korean authorities are investigating the incident, which comes amidst heightened tensions between the two countries ...

The incident comes after a North Korean soldier defected to the South by crossing the MDL in August last year. Also last year ...

South Korean troops detain unarmed North Korean man after rare border crossing amid rising inter-Korean military tensions ...