Video captured by closed circuit television shows the moments the unnamed soldier, thought to be in his 20s, sped through the DMZ in a jeep past North Korean checkpoints as he was pursued by guards carrying weapons. United Nations Command on Tuesday released dramatic footage of a North Korean soldier defecting from his country and fleeing south across the Demilitarized Zone last week only to be fired upon by his fellow border guards. Crazy CCTV footage just broadcast of the defection of a North Korean soldier at the DMZ last week pic.twitter.com/YznANH1yt0South Korean soldiers quickly moved to rescue the soldier and bring him to safety. The man was shot at least five times and is in critical condition at a South Korean hospital. “He is not going to die.”The Washington Post notes one of the pursuing North Korean soldiers can be seen on camera crossing the Military Demarcation Line between the two Koreas, a violation of the armistice agreement signed at the end of the Korean War in 1953.

Source: Huffington Post November 22, 2017 05:37 UTC