HARSH PUNISHMENT FOR THE 
SOLDIER'S COMMANDER, WHO 
ANALYSTS SAY COULD BE EXECUTED. 
>> A NORTH KOREAN SOLDIER IN HIS
LATE TEENS MAKES A DARING E
ESCAPE.
MOST OF THE DMZ IS GUARDED BY 
MINE FEELS, TALL FENCES WITH 
RAIDER WIRE, GUARD POSTS.
ANALYSTS SAY THE AREA IN WHICH 
THIS SOLDIER CROSSED IS LESS 
FORTIFIED.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE 
SOLDIER SAID HE LEFT BECAUSE OF 
WIDESPREAD BEATINGS AND ABUSE. 
>> THE NORTH KOREAN MILITARY IS 
RENOUNCE FOR HARSH DISCIPLINE 
A
AND.
HE WOULD BE BEAT SIMPLY BY JUST 
LOOKING ASKANCE AT AN OFFICER.
THERE'S NO RESTRAINT AT ALL. 
>> TONY SHAFFER, WHO ONCE RAN 
OPERATION IN THAT AREA, SAYS THE
DEFECTOR CAN GIVE THE U.S. AND 
SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY ON PLACES 
WHERE THE NORTH KOREANS 
ROUTINELY INSERT SAEB TOURS, BUT
THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES FOR 
THE SOLDIER'S FAMILY. 
>> YOU CAN'T EXPECT A POTENTIAL 
LITERAL SUMMARY ASSASSINATION OF
HIS FAMILY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 
NORTH KOREANS ALWAYS MAKE SURE 
THAT ANYONE WHO CONTEMPLATES 
DEFECTION WILL BE UNDERSTANDS.
>> Reporter: IT COULD TARGET 
MOUNTAIN PAUL GENERATIONS, 
LIKELY HIS PARENTS AND 
GRANDPARENTS.
ALONG WITH OTHER AGGRESSIVE 
MOVES LIKE TEST FIRING ANTISHIP 
MISSILES, KIM JONG-UN HAS 
CRACKED DOWN ON DEFECTORS, 
TIGHTENING PATROLS ALONG THE 
CHINESE BORDER.
>> THIS IS EMBARRASSING FOR THE 
NORTH KOREAN REGIME, BECAUSE IT 
COMPLETELY CRACKS THE MYTH OF 
HOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A 
PARADISE, A SOCIETY IN WHICH 
EVERYBODY IS
