A State Department spokesperson says there have been “no new communications since last week' with North Korea following the capture of an American soldier.
Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder tells ‘Your World’ that the U.S. is working with the United Nations on communications and King’s safety is their ‘top priority.’regarding captured American soldier Travis King, who officials say ran over the border last week during a guided tour of the DMZ.
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller made the remark after the U.N. Command peacekeeping force, according to The Associated Press, said Monday that it has started"a conversation" with North Korea about King. "I saw the reports about contact between the U.N. Command and North Korea. It is my understanding that there have been no new communications since last week -- communications that happened in the early days," Miller said Monday during a State Department briefing.
"I think the reports may have resulted from a misinterpretation of the U.N. Command’s original statement, but I will leave it to them to discuss the details of that," Miller added."But I’m not aware of any new communications other than those that happened in the very early hours or early days after he went
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