North Korean Defector Crosses DMZ On Foot

The DMZ is constantly guarded and under heavy surveillance by both sides

A North Korean man has successfully crossed the Demilitarized Zone and defected to the South.

The man, judged to be in his early 20s, crossed the border around 120 miles northeast of Seoul before he was spotted by South Korean soldiers at a DMZ guardpost.

This marks the first defection across the border since March 2010, when a KPA soldier crossed the border to the South.

No doubt the question on the KPA generals' minds is how the man managed to walk across one of the world's most heavily guarded and militarized borders in the world without being caught.