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How a Renegade Gymnast Strolled Into North Korea Like It Was No Big Deal

WHAT, LIKE IT’S HARD?

The young defector has sent South Korean officials into a frenzy as they try to figure out how in the world he managed to pull off the dangerous journey to the North.

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Talk about double jeopardy.

It was one thing for a young North Korean man to jump over the tall barbed-wire fences of the heavily guarded demilitarized zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas and defect to the South.

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