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Photos of North Korea's military provide a glimpse into what it's like to serve in one of the world's largest and most mysterious armies.
Since last year, North Korea has further reinforced its side of the border with anti-tank barriers and other fortifications, South Korean officials said, amid Kim's move to officially abandon his country's decades-long goal of eventual reunification.
A North Korean soldier was taken into custody by the South after he voluntarily crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas on Sunday, Seoul's military said.
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When she first met a mysterious South Korean man who introduced himself as Dr Seong, the woman thought she had found a father figure to help her start a new life after fleeing from her home in North Korea.
If confirmed, the soldier would join tens of thousands of North Koreans who have fled poverty and repression in North Korea since the peninsula was split by war in the 1950s. Last year, 236 North Koreans arrived in the South, with women accounting for 88 percent of the total.
A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified border on Sunday, South Korea's military said. The military took the custody of the soldier who crossed the central portion of the land border,