The unarmed, male civilian navigated through the heavily land-mined area, hiding under bushes, and was later found in a shallow creek

A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection through the fortified border.

A North Korean civilian crossed the military border in the central-western frontline area between Yeoncheon and Paju, Gyeonggi Province, late on July 3 and was taken into custody by the South Korean military, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) here on July 4.

North Korea will not abandon its nuclear weapons. This is not a matter of opinion, but a strategic fact rooted in decades of historical precedent, failed diplomacy and shifting global dynamics.

A North Korean civilian voluntarily crossed the heavily mined land border between the two countries, aided by the South's military in a delicate 20-hour operation, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff

Inside a covert operation to bombard North Korea with pantyhose and nature films. In the summer winds, South Korean activists loft huge makeshift balloons filled with subversive materials and hygiene products into North Korean airspace in hopes of reaching people living in the most shuttered society on Earth.

The multinational U.N. Command marked its 75th year of mediating disputes between North and South Korea with the firing of 17 simulated artillery rounds at Camp Humphreys.

The chief of the U.S.-led multinational U.N. Command (UNC) said Tuesday the sacrifice of U.N. troops during the 1950-53 Korean War helped lay the foundation of South Korea's development, as it marked the 75th anniversary of its establishment.