N. Korean crosses land border, taken into custody by S. Korean military: JCS

The South Korean military has taken into custody a North Korean who crossed the Military Demarcation Line, the inter-Korean land border, late on Thursday night.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the individual crossed the line in the western part of the central front of the border and was then tracked and secured.

Relevant authorities are to investigate the details of the individual's defection.

No other abnormal activities have been detected in North Korea.