UN Command: North Korean troops violated the Korean Armistice Agreement

Comments crossed the wires from the US-led United Nations Command (UNC), with regard to the last week’s event, when a North Korean soldier crossed the border into the South as he pursued a defector, the Associated Press (AP) reports.

The defector was shot and injured by North Korean soldiers.

Key Headlines:

North Korean troops violated the Korean Armistice Agreement when soldier crossed the demarcation line in pursuit of a defector.

This crossing is in breach of a 1953 armistice agreement.