They are among the two million who have left after the Hugo Chávez revolution ushered in economic collapse and a crackdown on democracy. 40 ROUNDS OF GUNFIRE: A NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR'S DASH TO FREEDOMAs U.S. and South Korean troops watched, North Korean soldiers unleashed a hail of gunfire as they tried to stop the first defection since 2007 by a North Korean at the truce village where the two Koreas stand face to face. His powerful patron, Saudi Arabia, has vowed to turn up the heat on the small Middle Eastern country. (For continuously updated news from the Wall Street Journal, see WSJ.com at http://wsj.com.) (END) Dow Jones NewswiresNovember 14, 2017 17:14 ET (22:14 GMT)

Source: Wall Street Journal November 14, 2017 22:18 UTC