North Korea crosses the fortified border of South Korea

The Southern Army said on Friday that an unidentified man across North Korea across the land border severely separating the Koreans while he was in the South Korean reservation.

The chiefs of staff participating in the south said that the army identified and tracked the individual near the West Central Section of the Military Draging line and made a "The guidance process" Before taking a person to reservations on Thursday night.

She said that the authorities were planning to investigate the border crossing and did not immediately say whether the accident was considered as an insect attempt.

The chiefs of the joint said that it had informed the United Nations led by the United States of the United Nations of the incident and did not discover any immediate signs of the unusual military activity by the north.

According to the joint presidents, a military team from South Korea approached the unarmed North Korean man after his discovery, and after the identity of themselves as South Korean forces, he led him safely outside the descending region divided by the two Koreas.

The border tensions have erupted in recent months, as the two Koreas exchanged psychological warfare similar to the Cold War, as North Korea has sent thousands of balloons filled with garbage towards the south and South Korea that exploded the anti -Pyong Jong propaganda through loudspeakers.

Since he took office last month, the new liberal president, Lee Jay Mong, has made efforts to rebuild confidence with North Korea, which led to the suspension of the live broadcasts of the loudspeakers and the transition to the ban on activists from aviation balloons that carry advertising publications across the border.

In April, the South Korean forces launched warnings to repel about 10 North Korean soldiers who crossed the military demarcation line for a short period. The southern army said that the soldiers returned to the North Korean territories without an accident and that the north did not return fire.

In June last year, the North Korean forces crossed the border three times, prompting South Korea to shoot warning footage. Experts have suggested that these crossings may be cross, as North Korean forces have occurred to anti -tank barriers, and planted mines and carried out other actions to enhance border defenses amid the escalating tensions between the Koreans.

Diplomacy has come out between the Koreans who were destroyed by the war since the collapse of nuclear disarmament talks between Washington and Pyongyang in 2019, prompting North Korean leader Kim Jong cancellation to accelerate the expansion of his military nuclear program and the threat of the nuclear conflict towards Washington and torrents. The previous conservative government in South Korea responded by strengthening joint military exercises with the United States and Japan, which the north condemned as the rehearsal of the invasion.

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