ROK 22nd Division Commander Relieved Over DMZ Security Lapse
|The ROK 22nd Division commander has been relieved in the aftermath of last’s months defector incident:
A South Korean major general has been relieved of his command after his troops failed to quickly apprehend a North Korean defector who crawled into the country last month through a seaside drainage pipe, the defense ministry said Thursday.
Several times, surveillance cameras spotted the intruder, who swam across the border in chilly East Sea waters wearing a dive suit. But guard troops of the 22nd Infantry Division failed to notice, according to earlier accounts from the Ministry of National Defense.
Troops took the man into custody at 7:20 a.m. Feb. 16, six hours after he entered the country and three hours after guards finally spotted him on camera at 4:16 a.m.
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You can read more at the link, but other senior officers and soldiers are being looked at for discipline as well after this incident.
Cue the “You had one job” memes.