Pyongyang may have replaced its entire border security force after a North Korean soldier dramatically defected into South Korea last week. The source said North Korea seems to have temporarily closed a bridge over which the defector drove a military jeep to reach the border before his dramatic escape on foot last Monday. The North Korean soldier that escaped is smaller than an average South Korean 18-year-old, has tuberculous and hepatitis B. South Korean soldiers did not fire back, but the incident occurred amid animosity over North Korea's accelerating nuclear weapons and missile test programs. While North Korea often reacts with intense anger over high-profile defections, the country's state media have remained silent on the latest case as of Friday.

Source: Fox News November 24, 2017 10:07 UTC