It was confirmed that Kim Mo (24), who moved to North Korea again three years after the settlement in South Korea, was captured by military surveillance equipment until the scene when he arrived in North Korea.

However, due to the nature of the front forces watching the northern area, Kim failed to capture the initial situation of easily escaping the drainage, and the military surveillance equipment was also found to be'useless'.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff is planning to send warnings to the disciplinary committee, including warning of the Marine Corps Commander and the head of the Marine Corps, and resignation of the 2nd Marine Corps Commander, according to the censorship results of the North Korean defector incident in Wolmi, Ganghwa-do, Incheon on the 31st. Revealed.

As a result of the inspection, inspections were conducted until 28th immediately after recognizing the fact of North Korea on the 26th through the report by North Korea. ▲ Countermeasures against vulnerable factors such as floodgates ▲ Active on-site action against suspicion by vigilance and surveillance personnel ▲ Thermal monitoring equipment (TOD) ) And confirmed problems with optimization of monitoring equipment and normal operation status.

According to the survey results, Kim took a taxi around 2:18 am on the 18th and got off near Yeonmijeong, but even when the civilian service guard at a distance of 200 meters saw the taxi lights, he did not check or report it to the top.

After moving to the drainage channel near Yeonmijeong around 2:34, Kim confirmed that he had obtained it by the Han River at 2:46.

It took only 12 minutes to escape from the ditch.

In the case of the drainage channel, there are double obstacles, but it is said that the reinforcement obstacles are old and partly damaged, so that the'normal person' could pass through.

After getting to the Han River, Kim, who started using the tide to head to North Korea, was confirmed to have arrived in the North at around 4 am.

In particular, the entire process of Kim's arrival at the Han River near Somi, Yeonmijeong, and landing in North Korea was captured seven times, including five short-range and medium-range surveillance cameras and two thermal surveillance equipment (TOD).

An official of the joint venture explained, "(Later) the military surveillance equipment expert identified the video from various floating objects by repeatedly checking the recorded video several times based on the starting point and time, and the expected route of the tide."

It was explained that it failed to recognize the initial situation, such as the escape from the ditch, and the situation was captured by military surveillance equipment, but it was difficult to identify.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said he would check the area immediately after the rail, accessible to civilians, to prevent recurrence.

It is also planning to strengthen the periodic maneuver patrol.

He also said that he would establish an immediate reinforcement measure against the vulnerable factors by inspecting the gates and drains of all units at once, but it seems difficult to avoid criticism of the'backbook measures'.

Meanwhile, in the investigation process, the joint operative later confirmed that there was some error in the transmission program of the network video storage device (NVR) that is stored in real time for'backup' of the TOD recorded video.


According to a report by North Korea, Captain TOD confirmed on the 23rd, before the fact that the North Koreans were known, that there was a problem with the recording function of the equipment, and later stated that the video was deleted on the 23rd because of storage problems.

However, the military authorities judged that there was no intention because they did not know the fact that the North Korean incident occurred at the time.

Accordingly, the military recovered 64 files that were deleted from the beginning of May 2019 to the 23rd of this month to investigate the incident, but failed to recover the TOD image taken between 10pm and 18th on the 17th.

In the absence of even backup video as well as recorded video, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said it was confirmed three times in addition to during the North Korean period.

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