North Korea Detains American Soldier Who Crossed the Border in Apparent Defection

A retired American army officer tells the Sun the North Koreans would have ‘no reason’ to cooperate considering that Private King had crossed the line of his own volition.

AP/Ahn Young-joon
A North Korean military guard post, rear, and a South Korea post at Paju, near the border with North Korea, July 18, 2023. An American has crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea. AP/Ahn Young-joon

For the first time in more than 40 years, an American soldier has defected into North Korea.

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