一名朝鮮軍人投奔韓國身受重傷

A North Korean soldier was shot several times by his fellow soldiers as he was defecting to the South Monday.

A statement by the U.S.-led United Nations Command, which monitors the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas, says the soldier was driving towards the heavily guarded border when one of the vehicle's wheels fell into a ditch. The soldier left the car and made a run for the border, as he was showered by a hail of at least 40 bullets from his ex-comrades. He suffered at least six gunshot wounds.

The defector managed to reach the Joint Security Area within the DMZ and took cover behind a building. He was later rescued by South Korean and U.S. soldiers, and transported by helicopter to the Ajou University Hospital in Suwon, where he underwent surgery for his wounds. One of the doctors treating him says the soldier's condition is "very serious" and his prognosis unclear.

A South Korean military spokesman says that neither the South Korean nor U.S. soldiers returned fire during the incident, which happened amid worsening tensions on the peninsula over Pyongyang's increasing belligerence involving its nuclear and ballistic missile development program.

This is the first shooting incident at the DMZ since 1984, when the two sides exchanged gunfire when a Soviet citizen ran across the border to defect to the South.

A North Korean soldier crossed the JSA to defect in 1998, with another soldier defecting there in 2007.一名朝鮮士兵星期一投奔韓國時被其他朝鮮軍人開槍擊中數次。

美國領導的負責監督分割南北方非軍事區的聯合國軍司令部發布聲明說，這名朝鮮士兵駕車開往重兵把守的南北分界線時一個車輪陷入壕溝後，離開汽車衝向分界線韓國一側。他的同伴朝他開了至少40槍。他身上有至少6處槍傷。

叛逃的朝鮮士兵衝到非軍事區的聯合保安地帶，躲在一個建築物後面，後來被韓國和美國軍人解救，用直升機送到韓國水原市的亞洲大學醫院，爲他進行手術。一名治療他的醫生說，他的傷勢十分嚴重，手術後的恢復前景不得而知。

韓國軍方發言人說，事發期間韓國軍人和美國軍人都沒有還擊。朝鮮加緊開發試射核武器和彈道導彈，半島局勢日趨緊張。

這是1984年以來非軍事區第一次發生槍擊。1984年有一名蘇聯公民穿越分界線投奔韓國時雙方發生了交火。

1998年和2007年各有一名朝鮮軍人穿過非軍事區投奔韓國。