July 19, 2023

North Korea has remained silent about a United States soldier’s highly unusual entry into its territory when he crossed the heavily-fortified border between South and North Korea.

There has been no word from North Korea regarding the fate of US Private 2nd Class Travis King, who willingly bolted into North Korea during a tour of the border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday.

North Korea’s state media made no mention of the incident on Wednesday and the country’s mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Reuters news agency.

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