An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean custody, the South’s military said Friday. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military identified and tracked the individual near the central-west section of the military demarcation line and

South Korea's army says a North Korean man crossed the mine-strewn border separating the two countries. The South Korean military said it identified and tracked the unarmed man on Thursday night, before troops approached him near the Demilitarized Zone. He was taken into custody.

South Korean troops detain unarmed North Korean man after rare border crossing amid rising inter-Korean military tensions