Demilitarised Zone News
North Korea said on Thursday called South Korean officials 'ignorant and incompetent'.
The two Koreas have also agreed to hold a joint cultural event at Mount Kumgang on the North Korean east coast before the Winter Games.
The US military, in a show of force, flew bombers in international airspace over waters east of North Korea, the Pentagon announced.
The soldier, who has not been publicly identified, approached a South Korean border guard post and expressed a wish to defect, the ministry said in a statement.
Two US supersonic B-1 Lancer strategic bombers flew over South Korea on Tuesday morning in a show of force and solidarity with its ally amid heightened tension following North Korea`s fifth nuclear test last week.
US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter visited the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the Korean peninsula.
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