minus-squarezener_diode@feddit.orgtoWorld News@lemmy.world•North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified borderlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 hours agoIt isn’t the first time someone built a heavily trapped, walled and patrolled border of that size. Take a look at the Inner German Border. It was over 1300 km (approx. 810 mi) long, and was (average) about 5.5 km wide (a bit more than 3 miles). From 1974 to 1979, 4956 people attempted to cross it, and only 229 (4.6%) actually made it. linkfedilink
It isn’t the first time someone built a heavily trapped, walled and patrolled border of that size.
Take a look at the Inner German Border. It was over 1300 km (approx. 810 mi) long, and was (average) about 5.5 km wide (a bit more than 3 miles).
From 1974 to 1979, 4956 people attempted to cross it, and only 229 (4.6%) actually made it.