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The search failed even after he was caught in the area of the military demarcation line in Goseong on the night of 2The emergency alarm does not sound even when crossing the fence … “Declaration of defection” from the joint chief
An incident occurred in which a North Korean resident crossed the fence of the General Outpost (GOP) of the Goseong-gun Forward Unit, Gangwon-do. However, the emergency warning sound did not ring as North Korean defectors crossed the barbed wire, and just 14 hours after crossing the barbed wire, the military recruited new recruits, sparking controversy over the poor response. This unit is the place where the so-called ‘coup desertion’ occurred in 2012 when a North Korean soldier knocked on the door of a military post and expressed his intention to defect.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on the 4th that “around 7:25 pm on the 3rd, a recruit of a North Korean resident who crossed the Republican fence in the eastern Gangwon-do region was seized around 9:56 am day 4”.
The army first saw residents walking around the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) at 10:14 pm on the 2nd. The Military Demarcation Line is a point 2 km north of the Republican Party.
At 10:22 a.m. in this area, the man was captured again by a thermal imaging device (TOD) for about 30 seconds, but soon disappeared from the field of observation. “There are blind spots in this area with many ridges,” the army explained.
During the search operation of the DMZ, the military sent troops to the guard post (GP) in the DMZ, where the usual troops were empty. Additional initial TODs were also implemented. However, search and surveillance operations in the DMZ yielded no results.
This man crossed two Republican fences around 7:25 pm on the 3rd of the next day. This image was taken by a rear TOD observing the GOP south of the GP.
The military put the rescuers at the scene, but before the troops arrived, the man had already disappeared. The circular barbed wire on top of the iron fence was only found to be pressed. When the man crossed the barbed wire, the military ordered the ‘Dog Jindo Uno’, which is the intrusion alert. The army usually keeps the ‘three Jindo dogs’ and breeds them according to the situation of the North Korean invasion and provocation.
Just 14 hours and 30 minutes later, the military found the man during a vehicle search operation. This is an area within the civilian line of control and civilians do not live, the army explained. The man, an unarmed North Korean resident, immediately announced his intention to defect to the military. Related agencies such as the National Intelligence Service are investigating the reason for the desertion and the man’s desertion route.
When the military fence was broken, the military reappeared the problem of surveillance. The scientific alert equipment, which is supposed to sound when an animal or person touches the iron fence, was stuck. In October 2012, this unit was where a North Korean soldier knocked on the door of a military post and expressed his intention to return. This is an issue that raises questions about the effectiveness of the scientific surveillance equipment installed by the military instead of reducing the Republican alert force. The army is checking the equipment for failures.
There is also a controversy over whether the military has delayed the announcement of ‘Jindo Dog One’. There are also criticisms that he spent too much time catching this man who crossed the Republican fence. The North Koreans are believed to have been hiding in the mountains after crossing the iron fence. In this regard, a military officer explained: “It was a normal operation”, and said: “We carried out a search operation for the DMZ and, after the month-to-day policy, we secured new soldiers within the area established as a containment operation” .
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 in July last year. In December 2018, a North Korean soldier crossed the military demarcation line on the eastern front and returned to Korea, and in November 2017, North Korean soldier Oh Cheong-seong returned through the Panmunjom Joint Security Area (JSA).
