North Korean smuggler shot dead while crossing border
A North Korean smuggler in his 30s was recently shot dead by the North Korean border patrol in Taehongdan following an announcement earlier this month that anyone caught in designated ¡°strict security zones¡± near the border will be shot on sight.
The smuggler had conspired to smuggle blueberries across the border with a deputy squad commander (staff sergeant) from the Storm Corps, which was recently deployed to Taehongdan County. The smuggler reportedly carried 20 kilograms of blueberries in a sack across the border, but was discovered by a border patrol unit as he returned across the border and was fired upon. ......
[Source: Daily NK]