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A North Korean soldier killed two of his officers Saturday and defected to South Korea across the countries’ heavily armed border in a rare crossing that prompted South Korean troops to immediately beef up their border patrol, officials said.
The soldier shot his platoon and company commanders before crossing the western side of the Demilitarized Zone at around noon, a Defence Ministry official said, citing the soldier’s statement after he was taken into custody by South Korean border guards.
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The official declined to be named because questioning by authorities was ongoing. He said the soldier used a loudspeaker to let South Korean border guards know his intention to defect after the killings. The official said the motive behind the defection was unclear.
No unusual military movement was detected from the North Korean side of the border after the crossing, but South Korea immediately instructed its border troops to step up their guard, a South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff official said. He also declined to be named, citing office rules.
There was no immediate comment from communist North Korea’s state-run media.
Defections across the land border are rare, though North Koreans occasionally come to the South by boat. Last year, a North Korean civilian defected to the South across the land border. The last defection across the Demilitarized Zone by a North Korean soldier occurred in 2010, officials said. Another soldier and an officer also defected to the South across the border in two separate crossings in 2008.
The vast majority of North Koreans fleeing their homeland travel through China and Southeast Asia before arriving in the South.
More than 24,000 North Koreans have arrived in the South since the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a cease-fire, not a peace treaty.
The area where Saturday’s defection took place is along the route to a South Korean-financed industrial complex in the North Korean border town of Kaesong, officials said.
Border security has been tighter than usual along the border in the past few years as military and political tensions between the rival Koreas soared. In 2010, a South Korean naval ship sank and 46 of its sailors died in an incident blamed on North Korea, though Pyongyang denies involvement. Later that year, North Korea bombarded a South Korean front-line island, killing two marines and two civilians.
Find More N. Korean soldier defects to south after killing two officers Add to ... - Globe and Mail Articles Question by Ted: Liberals: where in the Constitution does it say the words "separation of church and state"? You can't accuse me of not reading the Constitution. It's sitting right here next to me. I have read the Preamble and all 27 amendments and see no such words as "separation of church and state." Perhaps I have bad eyesight! There is no separation of church and state. It's not in the Constitution. Our Founding Fathers were Christians, not Buddhists, not Sikhs, not Muslims, not Jews, not Scientologists and not Shintoists! Best answer for Liberals: where in the Constitution does it say the words "separation of church and state"?:
Answer by DaffyDilly
There is no place. It did appear in a letter from President Jefferson to his wife (if I remember correctly) but thats it. *edit* Some liberals think the First Amendment should protect you from all religion. Thats not the case. The First Amendment protects you from a state sponsored religion. Thats it.
Answer by Dude
Thomas Jefferson, the guy that wrote the damn thing, was not a Christian. Also, Seperation of Church and State does not only mean that Christians get their pick, that means anyone, of any religon, can enforce their religious beliefs by law. Which means that with enough radical muslims, sharia law would become legal. Also, in the treaty of tripoli, it directly states that the US is not a Christian nation.
Answer by Mattypankakes
actually some of the founding fathers were deists and atheists. but it does say "the government shall not endorse any particular religion" or something to that effect
Answer by Levi
1st amendment to the constitution "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Answer by Tina
Great, then lets let the Muslims run the country.
Answer by phil
this is a christian country,those that deny it do not look at the basis in which this country was founded. and those that use the treaty of tripoli,it was created to calm the fears of muslim countries and to keep our ships safe for trade,if treaties were really that strong,how come america broke over 100 treaties with native americans
Answer by Who Else?
Are you sure you want to go there? Which denomination of Christianity would prevail? Catholics are not Methodists are not Baptists are not Lutherans are not Mormons, and each of them interprets the Bible differently. What the Founders intended, because many of the thirteen original colonies were in fact founded on the principle of religious freedom, was that they could meet in a governmental forum under conditions of mutual respect, unlike the religious persecution that had driven their ancestors here from Europe. For example, Massachusetts was Congregationalist and Episcopalian, Maryland was Catholic, and Pennsylvania was Quaker. All of their forebears had fled persecution. They did not want religious wars to break out here like what happened in England and on the Continent.
Answer by Charles U. Farley
Right next to "The United States is a Christian Country"
Answer by Derek
Not a liberal, but the constitution never mentions any religion except to say that we do not enforce any.
Answer by Agitator Gnome
It doesn't say it in so many words (those rather being Thomas Jefferson's). it was nonetheless the original intent of the framers, for all the most obvious reasons. "Notwithstanding the general progress made within the two last centuries in favour of this branch of liberty, & the full establishment of it, in some parts of our Country, there remains in others a strong bias towards the old error, that without some sort of alliance or coalition between Gov' & Religion neither can be duly supported: Such indeed is the tendency to such a coalition, and such its corrupting influence on both the parties, that the danger cannot be too carefully guarded against" --James Madison; from letter to Edward Livingston (July 10, 1822)
Answer by Linda
It doesn't say that but it is a good idea to separate church and state because ,if you really think about it, it is actually protecting Christianity. What if a radical Muslim/Jew/Hindu/Sikh becomes governor of a state and imposes his religion on the whole state? Then where would everyone go? To another state?
Empire - What future for 'Greater Israel'? - Part 2The Middle East 'peace process' is seriously deadlocked. Israel is determined to press ahead with the expansion of settlements. Palestinians refuse to accept anything less than their total freeze, but they are divided on the best way forward - diplomacy or resistance. The diplomatic vacuum leads to more unilateral policies and radicalisation. So how can the international community help? Is a two-state solution still possible, or one state or no state?
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