Defense

UN now communicating with North Korea about detained US soldier

By Mike Brest
Published July 24, 2023 4:03pm ET
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UN now communicating with North Korea about detained US soldier
A group of tourists stand near a border station at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Not long after this photo was taken, Travis King, a U.S. soldier, pictured with a dark blue shirt and dark cap, fourth left, bolted across the border and became the first known American detained in the North in nearly five years.

The United Nations Command, led by the United States, began conversations with Pyongyang on Monday regarding the U.S. soldier who ran across the border from South Korea to North Korea last week.

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