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North Korean Soldier Crosses DMZ, Defects To South

The escape of what South Korea's news agency describes as a "low-ranking" North Korean soldier is the second such defection in just over a month.

Another North Korean soldier has crossed the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South in a dramatic escape, the second such defection in just over a month, South Korea's Defense Ministry says.

NPR's Rob Schmitz, citing a Defense Ministry official, says the

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