US officials have identified the soldier as Private Second Class Travis King. Read more at straitstimes.com.
the US soldier who left a tour of the demilitarised zone and ran into North Korea,US officials have identified the soldier as Private Second Class Travis King, who broke away from a South Korean orientation visit in the border Panmunjon truce village on Tuesday and raced over the frontier where it is believed he was taken into custody by North Korean officials.
Mr Miller said the State Department was continuing to gather information on the case, but knew nothing of his current condition. He said the Pentagon has reached out to contacts in the North Korean military for information on Pte King’s situation, but there had not been a response. He mentioned that the State Department is engaging counterparts in South Korea and Sweden to find out information on Pte King.
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