SEOUL/WASHINGTON,
July 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. military was scrambling to establish the fate of
an American soldier who made an unauthorized crossing of the inter-Korean
border into North Korea, throwing Washington into a new crisis in its dealing
with the nuclear-armed state.
The U.S. Army
identified the soldier as Private Travis T. King who joined up in 2021 and was
facing disciplinary action. While on an orientation tour of the Joint Security
Area (JSA) on the border between the two Koreas, King crossed into North
Korea on Tuesday "willfully and without authorization," U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
Source: Reuters
