TIL about North Korean former soldier Oh Chong Song, who defected to South Korea by simply crashing his car into the DMZ and escaped under a shower of North Korean bullets.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korean-defector-oh-chong-song-doesn-t-blame-comrades-n994441

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15q0dec/til_about_north_korean_former_soldier_oh_chong/