South Korea officials reported on Thursday that they rescued a North Korean who fled the Kim Jong-un regime crossing the sea border that divides the two countries.
According to a state-owned South Korean state statement, the North Korean citizen crossed the Han River, which separates the Koreas, using Styrofoam blocks as makeshift floats. The action took place at dawn on July 31.
According to international agencies, South Korean rescue teams identified the movement of an individual in the northern area of the Han River during the evening of July 30. The monitoring and rescue operation of the North Korean lasted about ten hours.
In an official note, the South Korean Ministry of Defense said the country’s army “secured the custody of a North Korean in the Han River neutral zone during the early hours of Thursday, July 31, and transferred it to the competent authorities.” Also according to the statement, there was no record of security incidents during the action and man, when approached, waved with his hands in a request for relief, immediately declaring his intention to take refuge in the south.
