South Korean troops reportedly fire around 20 warning shots amid another North Korean soldier defection
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- Another North Korean soldier reportedly defected to South Korea.
- South Korean forces reportedly fired around 20 warning shots at North Korean guards that were searching for the defector.
- This would be the fourth defection of a North Korean soldier this year.
A "low-ranking" North Korean soldier reportedly crossed the heavily-fortified land border and defected to South Korea Thursday morning, South Korean military officials said in a Yonhap News Agency report.
- The CIA was worried North Korea would ruin the Olympics the last time South Korea hosted in 1988
- US and South Korean forces reportedly carried out a training drill to infiltrate North Korea and take out its nukes
- A South Korean journalist was reportedly beaten by Chinese guards at a summit organised to repair relations between the 2 countries