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N. Korea defector soldier is general's son: report

Oh lay bleeding in a pile of leaves after he made it over the border, and was pulled to safety by South Korean soldiers. [UNITED NATIONS COMMAND/AFP/File / Handout]

The North Korean soldier who defected to the South in a hail of bullets last year is a general's son but says most Northerners of his age have no loyalty to Kim Jong Un, according to a Japanese newspaper.

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