A North Korean soldier successfully defected to South Korea Monday with a gunshot wound, per Reuters. He defected by leaving his guard post and heading towards the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the North and South, The Guardian reports.
Why it matters: This type of event can exacerbate current tension between the two nations. South Korea's military has upped its level of alertness following the event, but as of yet, there has been no official comment from North Korea.
"Deep Security Breach Cripples N.S.A.," says the stark headline atop today's N.Y. Times front page. "Mysterious Group Steals Powerful Hacking Weapons, Putting World in Danger ... A serial leak of the agency's cyberweapons has damaged morale, slowed intelligence operations and resulted in hacking attacks on businesses and civilians worldwide."
Why it matters: "[T]he flood of digital secrets ... is raising profound questions. Have hackers and leakers made secrecy obsolete? Has Russian intelligence simply outplayed the United States, penetrating the most closely guarded corners of its government?"
