Vietnam (PG)It is known that a wetsuit and flippers were found on the coast of Goseong, Gangwon Province, where a North Korean man traveled to South Korea.
Military authorities are said to have estimated that the man traveled to South Korea through the sea wearing a wet suit and flippers.
Multiple government sources said on the 17th that “we know that wetsuits and flippers were found on the coast of Goseong area the day before.” Said.
The military kept in mind the possibility that a North Korean man might have escaped by sea, but the possibility is weighed down by the discovery of wetsuits and flippers on the shore.
Even if wearing a wetsuit, it is known that the military and intelligence authorities are focusing on verifying the man’s identity, as it is usually difficult for physical strength to travel to the cold sea in the middle of winter. This man was passed down in his early 20s.
It was investigated that even a North Korean man who expressed his intention to defect beyond the front-line fence in November of last year has easily crossed the fence with the same movement as a’machine gymnast’.
Recently, military officials are responding that it is unusual for North Korean men to travel to South Korea in a way beyond common sense.
Earlier, a North Korean man was caught on CCTV at a checkpoint while moving south on the East Sea Civil Control Line at 4:20 am the previous day. The military deployed operational forces and secured the man’s recruits by 7:20 am.
It is known that this man expressed his intention to defect during the investigation.
The Joint Warfare Posture Inspection Office is conducting an on-site investigation in conjunction with the Ground Operations Command to see if there was any problem with the alert posture of the unit.
The unit in which this incident took place was the place where a North Korean man’s defection of iron fence last November and the so-called “knock defection” in October 2012 when a North Korean soldier knocked on the door of a military post to indicate his intention to defect.
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