Such
defections - where new converts are clothed in CPP garb and sometimes burn symbols of the CNRP - have long been ridiculed as political theatre.
Last year saw the lowest number of
defections to South Korea since Kim Jong Un took over the country.
South Korean guards fired up to 20 warning shots at North Korean troops searching for a soldier who had defected on Thursday, Yonhap news agency said, after officials in the South confirmed the latest
defection across the heavily militarised border.
The latest
defection came about 40 days after another North Korean soldier fled to the South through the Joint Security Area (JSA) at the truce village of Panmunjeom.
The UN Command said North Korea's actions during the November 13
defection violated the armistice ending the 1950-53 Korean War because North Korean soldiers fired across and physically crossed the border in pursuit of the soldier.
The Department of State prioritizes defeating armed groups such as the LRA by promoting
defections, work undertaken by the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization (CSO).
In the meantime, a security sources reported that recent
defections from Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at are related to the upcoming Astana talks on Syrian crisis because Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at will be possibly registered in the list of terrorist groups.
Observers are keen to stress that the
defection is an "additional indication of the increasing political unraveling of the regime, as over the past weeks, a number of important
defections have occurred at the level of high ranking military officers and from the narrow circle of decision makers in the regime.
The Rajiv Gandhi government had introduced the law as several
defections were witnessed in the 1980s.
Please note, I write this as someone who voted for none of the parties involved in the two
defections.
Though the
defections appear to be individual actions, Salamey said they ought to be a wake-up call that helps identify whether there is unease within the ranks of the Army, which should take seriously and investigate the incidents to determine if the
defections were a result of personal issues or if they had an ideological or sectarian component.
DAVID Cameron will today aim to turn around the fortunes of a Tory Party rattled by the referendum and UKIP
defections.
