Traitor Shot Down

South Korean troops have shot dead a man trying to swim across a border river into the North. Soldiers opened fire after the man jumped into the Imjin river and ignored repeated warnings to stop. The man, who has not yet been identified, was spotted by guards near the western border in Paju, north of Seoul, a few hours ago. Soldiers fired off warning shots and told him to return to the South. When he disobeyed the order and jumped into the river, he was shot dead. It serves him right. North Korea is one of the worst places anybody could live in. Kim Jong-un spent a ridiculous amount of money on a failed rocket launch last year. Nobody should be defecting there - all defection across the Demilitarised Zone should instead be north to south. There may be thousands of North Korean defectors living in South Korea, but few in their right minds would be stupid enough to even attempt to make the journey the other way.