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A North Korean man was found in the army after 14 hours after crossing the military demarcation line (MDL) and the iron fence of the GOP (general outpost) on the eastern front of Gangwon-do.
During this process, military surveillance gaps were also confirmed, such as the fact that the sensor to detect a wire fence installed with the scientific alert system was not working or a ‘blind spot’ was identified.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said on the 4th: “Our army has secured recruits safely at 9:50 am today by tracking down an unidentified person caught by surveillance team off the eastern part of Gangwon-do.”
According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a North Korean man, Mr. A, broke through the Republican Party fence on the south side of the CDM in the Goseong area around 7:25 pm the day before and made his way to South Korea. This scene was captured in real time by military thermal imaging equipment (TOD).
However, at that time, it was confirmed that the light web (barbed wire detection sensor) of the wire fence was a “meat”. All GOP areas, including this area, have a scientific border system installed. When a person or animal touches the fence, the sensor sounds and the 5-minute wait tank is sent immediately, but it did not work.
However, there was a problem with the mana-han scientific surveillance team even before the situation in Vietnam occurred.
One day before South Korea, on the 2nd, at 10:14 pm and 10:22 pm, a scene of two wandering around the north side of the MDL ship was filmed on TOD, but not observed afterwards. The military authorities explained that it was.
A joint official also explained: “In preparation for various contingencies, the form of information surveillance has been improved and surveillance has been strengthened, such as the DMZ search operation, the introduction of non-resident GP troops and the operation of the mobile TOD. “. . However, it was not possible to capture Mr. A with any equipment for approximately 21 hours before capturing the scene over the fence the next day.
In this regard, a joint official said: “In the case of the Eastern Front, although it is winter, it is still thick, and there are some blind spots depending on the topography.” “He explained.
Despite the military authorities’ explanation that there was a “terrain difficulty”, it seems difficult to avoid criticism that various teams were practically useless.
Mr. A was discovered approximately 14 hours after crossing the barbed wire by a mobile search team that was involved in a search and search operation north of the forested civilian control line near the Namgang River in Goseong this morning. . In terms of location, it was 1.5 km south of the Republican Party on the south side, and it wasn’t around private homes, the county explained.
It is known that Mr. A, who was unarmed at the time of discovery, is in his 20s and 30s, a resident, not a soldier, and has expressed his intention to defect. However, it is a position that cannot be concluded because the investigation is ongoing.
A government source said: “At the time of discovery, there were no signs of abnormal health and it was judged ‘negative’ on Corona 19.”
The army and related agencies such as the National Intelligence Service are reported to have sent the man by helicopter to verify his identity and investigate police in Vietnam.
This incident occurred 1 year and 3 months after a North Korean soldier returned to the country across the Imjin River on the central front line on July 31 last year. On December 1, 2018, there was a case where a North Korean soldier passed the CDM on the Eastern Front, and on November 13, 2017, Oh Cheong-seong, a North Korean soldier, returned from the Panmunjom Joint Security Area ( JSA). In Mr. Oh’s case at the time, he was also shot by a North Korean pursuit team at that time.
An official from the Joint Chiefs of Staff said of the North Korean military’s tendency on this issue: “Usually the North Korean military also has peculiar signs, such as finding deserters, but there are no specific signs of the enemy.”
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