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North Korean crosses the heavily fortified border to South Korea

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Unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas .

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military identified and tracked the individual near the central-west section of the military demarcation line.

It said authorities plan to investigate the border crossing and did not immediately say whether they view the incident as a defection attempt.

Border tensions have flared in recent months as North Korea traded Cold War -style psychological warfare.