South Korean general sacked for failing to detect boat carrying defectors from North

A South Korean general was sacked on Wednesday for a lapse in border security after a fishing boat from North Korea managed to cross the intensely monitored sea between the countries and dock undetected.The military failed to identify the small wooden boat – carrying four North Koreans – until a civilian alerted the police after it arrived at the port of Samcheok, roughly 260km east of Seoul on June 15.Two of the passengers defected to the South, while the other two chose to return to North…