Turner escapes from North Korea, crossing the border
A gymnast from North Korea climbed over a meter-high border fence in the south. So the spectacular escape was successful.
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Goseong.
North Korea is ruled by dictatorship: citizens continue to try to flee
But only a few manage to escape
Now a gymnast is causing a stir that she jumped a meter high fence to South Korea
The man’s escape is now being investigated in South Korea because it indicates security gaps
According to the military, a North Korean fled to South Korea in early November – according to the media with a dizzying maneuver. The man says he is an ex Turner
and he climbed a metal pole at the border fence, reports the “Korea Herald” among others. He used the height of the pole to jump from there over the three-meter-high fence to South Korea.
Spectacular escape on a three meter high border fence
The Escape
reportedly on November 4 in Goseong province in South Korea’s far northeast. The gymnast has reportedly been in South Korean custody since crossing the border. According to reports, the man had to show his jump to border guards twice to prove his claims about his escape.
After being picked up by South Korean border guards, the refugee said political asylum
requested, will be reported.
The border between North Korea and South Korea is well protected and demilitarized
The border between North Korea and South Korea is two and a half kilometers wide entmilitarized
, several Sensors and land mines
it should protect no man’s land. Recently, relations between North Korea and South Korea have eased again after a gunfight at the border between the two countries in the spring.
According to the South Korean authorities, the gymnast did it no sensor activated
– This may be due to his low weight and gymnastics experience, reports the Korea Herald.
A spectacular escape indicates security vulnerabilities
The gymnast’s escape is now due to an investigation in South Korea because it refers to one or more Vulnerability
he points out – because it is not the first time that a person in Goseong province has entered the country unnoticed.
For the search operation, border troops would be placed on special alert if armed soldiers from North Korea entered. The alarm was subsequently removed.
A North Korean fled in 2012 Soldier
through the demilitarized zone to a South Korean outpost. South Korean border guards only noticed his escape when the soldier knocked on their door to seek asylum.
The flight from North Korea often occurs through China
It happens again and again that North Koreans flee to the south. However, very few choose the perilous route through no man’s land. Many refugees are arriving from North Korea China
from there to flee to South Korea via a third country.
