An American soldier crossed the heavily armed border from South Korea into North Korea 'wilfully and without authorization,' U.S. officials said Tuesday. The soldier is currently in North Korean custody.
Posted: Jul 18, 2023 9:17 AM EDT | Last Updated: 29 minutes ago
Col. Isaac Taylor, spokesperson for U.S. Forces Korea, said the military was "working with our KPA counterparts to resolve this incident," referring to North Korea's People's Army. It said he is currently in North Korean custody and that the UN Command is working with its North Korean counterparts to resolve the incident.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, right, with U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaks to reporters at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. There have been a small number of U.S. soldiers who fled to North Korea during the Cold War, including Charles Jenkins, who deserted his army post in South Korea in 1965 and fled across the DMZ. He appeared in North Korean propaganda films and married a Japanese nursing student who had been abducted by North Korean agents. He died in Japan in 2017.American student Otto Warmbier, centre, is escorted by North Korean officials in Pyongyang on March 16, 2016.
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