An American soldier has deserted to North Korea

The PREVIOUS JSAJSA.JSA,time someone crossed the border between the two Koreas at the Joint Security Area (), an enclave along their heavily armed frontier, he did so through a hail of bullets. Oh Chong-song, a North Korean soldier, was shot and wounded five times by his comrades in 2017 as he sprinted into South Korea. A crossing this week was less dramatic but more surprising. On July 18th Travis King, an American soldier of the 1st Armoured Division, ran over to while on a group tour of the Like many defectors to Kim Jong Un’s prison-state, Mr King has a troubled past. He recently spent almost two months in a South Korean prison for assault. After his release, he was returned to America’s armed forces in to be sent back to America to face possible additional punishment. He was escorted to Incheon airport, outside Seoul. He then went missing, appearing next at the 48km (30 miles) north of South Korea’s capital.