North Korea’s Kim Urges Vigilance on Day Soldier Flees to South
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged vigilance from the security ministry, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on the same day a soldier in his army shot two officers and defected to the South.
“The Ministry of State Security has a very important duty to perform to protect the sovereignty of the country and the nation,” KCNA quoted Kim as saying Oct. 6 while viewing a statue of his late father at the ministry. A North Korean soldier fled across the Demilitarized Zone at around noon the same day, after shooting his platoon and squad leaders, South Korea’s defense ministry said.