{"id":21186,"date":"2017-11-27T22:41:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T22:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/27\/report-seoul-broadcasts-news-of-north-korean-defection-at-border\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:53:37","slug":"report-seoul-broadcasts-news-of-north-korean-defection-at-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/11\/27\/report-seoul-broadcasts-news-of-north-korean-defection-at-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Seoul broadcasts news of North Korean defection at border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PANMUNJOM, Korea \u2014 South Korea is reportedly broadcasting on loudspeakers into North Korea news of the recent escape of a North Korean soldier who was shot five times by his former colleagues as he dashed across the rivals\u2019 border, part of Seoul\u2019s psychological warfare against the North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea\u2019s Yonhap news agency, citing an unnamed military source, reported Monday that a recap of the soldier\u2019s defection and recovery from his wounds has been played on loudspeakers at the border since the dramatic Nov. 13 defection. The Defense Ministry declined to confirm the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wild escape, shooting, subsequent surgeries and slow recovery of the soldier have riveted South Korea. Pyongyang has said nothing about the defection, which is a huge embarrassment because Pyongyang claims all defections are the result of Seoul either kidnapping or enticing North Koreans to flee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The loudspeakers, reportedly installed at about a dozen sites near the border dividing the two Koreas, were not audible at the Panmunjom border village inside the Joint Security Area jointly overseen by the American-led U.N. 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(Lee Jin-man\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea hates South Korea\u2019s border broadcasts. The South briefly resumed the broadcasts in August 2015 after an 11-year break, after Seoul blamed Pyongyang for land mine explosions that maimed two South Korean soldiers. The broadcasts stopped after the rivals reached a settlement, but reportedly resumed in January 2016 after a North Korean nuclear test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The broadcasts typically include popular South Korean songs, world news and information about the poor economic and human rights conditions in the North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17331232147009.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17331232147009.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17331232147009.jpg.jpg?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17331232147009.jpg.jpg?resize=768,503 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Three North Korean soldiers, background, look at the South side on Nov. 27, 2017, as two South Korean soldiers stand guard at the spot where a defector crossed the border on Nov. 13. (Lee Jin-man\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier Monday, South Korea\u2019s defense minister visited the area and criticized Pyongyang for firing across and physically crossing the border in pursuit of the defector, a violation of the armistice that ended the Korean War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Song Young-moo also said North Korean soldiers\u2019 possession of automatic rifles in the area was an armistice violation. The gun shots by North Korean soldiers left holes on a wall at the Joint Security Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Youkyung Lee reported from Seoul, South Korea.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea is reportedly broadcasting on loudspeakers into North Korea news of the recent escape of a North Korean soldier who was shot five times by his former colleagues as he dashed across the rivals\u2019 border, part of Seoul\u2019s psychological warfare against the 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