{"id":53332,"date":"2017-11-27T06:40:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T06:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=53332"},"modified":"2017-11-27T06:40:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T06:40:58","slug":"south-korea-warns-north-not-repeat-armistice-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/south-korea-warns-north-not-repeat-armistice-violation.html","title":{"rendered":"South Korea warns North not to repeat armistice violation"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Korea warns North not to repeat armistice violation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

South Korea warns North not to repeat armistice violation:- North Korea violated an armistice agreement with South Korea this month when North Korean soldiers shot and wounded a North Korean soldier as he defected across their border and it must not do so again, South Korea\u2019s defense minister said on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defector, a North Korean soldier identified only by his surname, Oh, was critically wounded but has been recovering in hospital in South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

The incident comes at a time of heightened tension between North Korea and the international community over its nuclear weapons program, but the North has not publicly responded to the defection at the sensitive border.<\/span><\/p>\n

South Korean Minister of Defence Song Young-moo issued his warning to the North while on a visit to the border where he commended South Korean soldiers at a Joint Security Area (JSA), in the so-called Truce Village of Panmunjom, in the demilitarized zone, for rescuing the defector.<\/span><\/p>\n

A North Korean border guard briefly crossed the border with the South in the chase for the defector on Nov. 13 – a video released by the U.N. Command (UNC) in Seoul showed – a violation of the ceasefire accord between North and South at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShooting towards the South at a defecting person, that\u2019s a violation of the armistice agreement,\u201d Song said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCrossing the military demarcation line, a violation. Carrying automatic rifles (in the JSA), another violation,\u201d he added as he stood near where South Korean soldiers had found Oh, collapsed and bleeding from his wounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNorth Korea should be informed this sort of thing should never occur again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the defection, North Korea has reportedly replaced guards stationed there. Soldiers have fortified a section of the area seen aimed at blocking any more defections by digging a trench and planting trees.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Song was speaking 10 meters away from the trees North Korean soldiers planted, four North Korean soldiers were spotted listening closely.<\/span><\/p>\n

South Korean military officials pointed out two bullet holes in a metal wall on a South Korean building, from North Korean shots fired at Oh as he ran.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh has undergone several operations in hospital to remove bullets. His lead surgeon, Lee Cook-jong, told Reuters his patient has suffers from nightmares about being returned to the North.<\/span><\/p>\n

In South Korea, six soldiers, three South Korean and three American, were given awards by the U.S. Forces Korea last week in recognition for their efforts in rescuing the defector.<\/span><\/p>\n

After inspecting the site on Monday, Song met troops stationed there for lunch and praised them for acting \u2018promptly and appropriately\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

South Korea has been broadcasting news of the soldier\u2019s defection towards North Korea via loudspeakers, according to the South\u2019s Yonhap news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

South Korean military officials have declined to confirm that.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source;-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-northkorea-southkorea-defection-dmz\/south-korea-warns-north-not-to-repeat-armistice-violation-idUSKBN1DR0IK<\/span><\/p>\n

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