South Korean border guard kills five fellow soldiers

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A military manhunt was underway Saturday for a South Korean soldier who shot and killed five members of his own unit at a guard post on the border with North Korea.

There was no immediate indication of what might have triggered the shooting, which occurred shortly after 8:00pm (1200GMT) at a guard post on the eastern section of the heavily-guarded inter-Korean border.

The 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a ceasefire rather than a peace treaty, hence the two Koreas technically remain at war.
The demilitarised zone (DMZ) is known as the world's last Cold War frontier. Splitting the two Koreas since the 1950-53 war, the four-kilometre-wide (2.5 miles) DMZ features guard posts manned by rival armies and barbed wire, and roads bisecting minefields.

Many of the South Korean soldiers on border duty are young recruits doing their mandatory military service.