How a North Korean soldier crashed a Jeep, got shot 5 times, and dashed across the border to South Korea

The American-led United Nations Command has released the much-anticipated footage of the defection of a Korean People's Army (KPA) soldier.

The soldier made his move around 3 p.m. local time on November 13.

The footage shows how the soldier drove at high speed to the Joint Security Area (JSA) at Panmunjom, crashed his vehicle, sprinted across the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) underfire, and was rescued by South Korean Army personnel after being shot at least four or five times.

The footage also shows the exact moment a KPA soldier violated the six-decade old armistice agreement that has temporarily halted open hostilities between the North and the South.

See the important moments here: