North Korean sneaks into South, wanders for hours in DMZ before being noticed

A man in his early 20s was caught on camera 10 times while wandering in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea. Despite triggering two alarms, he remained undetected for over five kilometers. The man swam ashore in South Korea wearing a wet suit and flippers, which he hid under a rock. He then traveled south, following barbed wire fences, and crossed into the DMZ via a drainage conduit. He was finally apprehended after being noticed by cars. The man expressed a desire to defect.

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