A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection ...

A North Korean man was taken into custody by the South Korean military after crossing the heavily fortified border between ...

A North Korean man who identified himself as a civilian crossed the heavily fortified military demarcation line between the ...

The incident comes after a North Korean soldier defected to the South by crossing the MDL in August last year. Also last year ...

South Korean authorities are investigating the incident, which comes amidst heightened tensions between the two countries ...

Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) on Friday said a North Korean civilian had defected across the heavily mined land border ...

A North Korean civilian voluntarily crossed the heavily mined land border between the two countries, aided by the South's ...

Unarmed North Korean crosses land mine-laced DMZ into South Korean custody amid growing criticism of Seoul's diplomatic shift and reports of trash-filled balloon launches from the North.

A North Korean man who identified himself as a civilian crossed the heavily fortified military demarcation line between the two Koreas and was taken into custody, the South's military said Friday.

Tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled to South Korea since the peninsula was divided by war in the 1950s, but ...