A South Korean daily has identified the man as Mr Travis King, a US army soldier. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL – An American is likely to be in North Korean custody after crossing the inter-Korean border during a tour without approval, the United Nations Command said on Tuesday.
The person was taking part in a tour to the Joint Security Area, the border village in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas where soldiers from both sides stand guard. South Korea’s Dong-a Ilbo daily, citing South Korea’s army, identified the person as Mr Travis King, a US army soldier with the rank of private second class.“A US National on a JSA orientation tour crossed, without authorisation, the Military Demarcation Line into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ,” the UN Command said on Twitter.
“We believe he is currently in DPRK custody and are working with our KPA counterparts to resolve this incident,” it added, referring to North Korea’s People’s Army.US State Department travel advisory bans Americans from entering North Korea “due to the continuing serious risk of arrest and long-term detention”.
The ban was implemented after US college student Otto Warmbier was detained by North Korean authorities while on a tour of the country in 2015. He died in 2017, days after he was released from prison and returned to the United States in a coma. REUTERS
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