PANMUNJOM: North Korea violated an armistice agreement with South Korea this month when North Korean infantrymen shot and wounded a North Korean soldier as he defected throughout their border and it should not achieve this again, South Korea's defense minister stated on Monday.
The defector, a North Korean soldier identified most effective by means of his surname, Oh, was severely wounded however has been convalescing in medical institution in South Korea.
The incident comes at a time of heightened tension between North Korea and the global group over its nuclear guns program, but the North has not publicly answered to the defection at the delicate border.
South Korean Minister of Defence Song Young-moo issued his warning to the North whilst on a consult with to the border where he commended South Korean infantrymen at a Joint Security Area (JSA), within the so-called Truce Village of Panmunjom, within the demilitarized zone, for rescuing the defector.
A North Korean border guard briefly crossed the border with the South within the chase for the defector on Nov. 13 - a video released by means of the UN Command (UNC) in Seoul confirmed - a contravention of the ceasefire accord between North and South at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.
"Shooting towards the South at a defecting person, that's a violation of the armistice agreement," Song stated.
"Crossing the military demarcation line, a violation. Carrying automatic rifles (in the JSA), another violation," he added as he stood close to where South Korean infantrymen had found Oh, collapsed and bleeding from his wounds.
"North Korea should be informed this sort of thing should never occur again."
Since the defection, North Korea has reportedly changed guards stationed there. Soldiers have fortified a section of the area seen geared toward blocking any further defections by means of digging a trench and planting timber.
As Song was speaking 10 meters away from the timber North Korean infantrymen planted, four North Korean infantrymen had been spotted listening carefully.
South Korean army officials pointed out two bullet holes in a steel wall on a South Korean development, from North Korean photographs fired at Oh as he ran.
Oh has passed through several operations in medical institution to take away bullets. His lead surgeon, Lee Cook-jong, informed Reuters his affected person has suffers from nightmares about being returned to the North.
In South Korea, six infantrymen, three South Korean and 3 American, got awards by means of the U.S. Forces Korea closing week in reputation for their efforts in rescuing the defector.
After examining the website online on Monday, Song met troops stationed there for lunch and praised them for acting 'promptly and correctly'.
South Korea has been broadcasting information of the soldier's defection towards North Korea by way of loudspeakers, in keeping with the South's Yonhap information agency.
South Korean army officials have declined to verify that.
The defector, a North Korean soldier identified most effective by means of his surname, Oh, was severely wounded however has been convalescing in medical institution in South Korea.
The incident comes at a time of heightened tension between North Korea and the global group over its nuclear guns program, but the North has not publicly answered to the defection at the delicate border.
South Korean Minister of Defence Song Young-moo issued his warning to the North whilst on a consult with to the border where he commended South Korean infantrymen at a Joint Security Area (JSA), within the so-called Truce Village of Panmunjom, within the demilitarized zone, for rescuing the defector.
A North Korean border guard briefly crossed the border with the South within the chase for the defector on Nov. 13 - a video released by means of the UN Command (UNC) in Seoul confirmed - a contravention of the ceasefire accord between North and South at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.
"Shooting towards the South at a defecting person, that's a violation of the armistice agreement," Song stated.
"Crossing the military demarcation line, a violation. Carrying automatic rifles (in the JSA), another violation," he added as he stood close to where South Korean infantrymen had found Oh, collapsed and bleeding from his wounds.
"North Korea should be informed this sort of thing should never occur again."
Since the defection, North Korea has reportedly changed guards stationed there. Soldiers have fortified a section of the area seen geared toward blocking any further defections by means of digging a trench and planting timber.
As Song was speaking 10 meters away from the timber North Korean infantrymen planted, four North Korean infantrymen had been spotted listening carefully.
South Korean army officials pointed out two bullet holes in a steel wall on a South Korean development, from North Korean photographs fired at Oh as he ran.
Oh has passed through several operations in medical institution to take away bullets. His lead surgeon, Lee Cook-jong, informed Reuters his affected person has suffers from nightmares about being returned to the North.
In South Korea, six infantrymen, three South Korean and 3 American, got awards by means of the U.S. Forces Korea closing week in reputation for their efforts in rescuing the defector.
After examining the website online on Monday, Song met troops stationed there for lunch and praised them for acting 'promptly and correctly'.
South Korea has been broadcasting information of the soldier's defection towards North Korea by way of loudspeakers, in keeping with the South's Yonhap information agency.
South Korean army officials have declined to verify that.
South Korea warns North not to repeat armistice violation
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