North Korea detains US national who crossed Military Demarcation Line
Former CIA station chief Dan Hoffman discusses the military's response to a U.S. soldier who was detained after crossing Korea's Military Demarcation Line and warns the process to retrieve the soldier will be 'painstaking.'Tuesday after crossing the Military Demarcation Line separating the country from South Korea, U.S. officials tell Fox News.
"We believe he is currently in DPRK custody and are working with our KPA counterparts to resolve this incident," the spokesperson added.In this photo taken on May 9, 2023, South Korean soldiers walk at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Joint Security Area of the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea, with a view of North Korea's Panmon Hall in the background.
King was supposed to board a flight to go back to the U.S. and was escorted to an airport. But the military escort could not follow him past airport security, so King entered the terminal by himself with no escort. King was to be separated from the military for cause, and was supposed to go back to the U.S., according to an official that spoke to Fox News, but he missed his flight.
"There are a lot of unanswered questions and I can tell you our U.S. military right now is mounting a full investigation," Dan Hoffman, a former CIA station chief, told"Fox & Friends"."I'm sure they are talking to anyone at that demilitarized zone who might have witnessed the soldier crossing over into North Korean territory. That is one of the most heavily surveilled geographic areas on the planet.
A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital it is"aware of reports from the Department of Defense that a U.S. service member willfully and without authorization crossed the Military Demarcation Line into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea," but"Due to privacy considerations, we have no further comment at this time."
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