A male North Korean crossed the forbidding Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Thursday and made it to South Korea with help from the South Korean military, according to a statement from the South Korean Ministry of National Defense.

The North Korean, who was not identified in the Defense Ministry’s statement to reporters on Friday, made a rare and dangerous land crossing through the DMZ, which is littered with landmines.

Most defectors flee North Korea by crossing through China into third-party nations like Thailand because the direct route into South Korea is so dangerous. It is common practice for defectors to get out of China as quickly as…

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