SEOUL: A North Korean soldier who was shot by his own side and severely injured while dashing across the border into South Korea has regained consciousness, a report said on Tuesday (Nov 21). The defector is awake after undergoing two major operations at a hospital in Suwon just south of
SEOUL: A North Korean soldier who was shot by his own side and severely injured while dashing across the border into South Korea has regained consciousness, a report said on Tuesday (Nov 21).
The defector is awake after undergoing two major operations at a hospital in Suwon just south of Seoul, according to an unidentified government official quoted by Yonhap news agency.
“The soldier has regained consciousness and he requested to watch television,” the official was quoted as saying, adding he was being shown South Korean movies for his “psychological comfort”.
The defector ran across the border at the Panmunjom truce village on Nov 13 as former comrades from the North opened fire on him, hitting him at least four times.
