It merely acknowledges the UN Command’s request for information about US Army Private Travis King. Read more at straitstimes.com.
on July 18 and was immediately taken into custody, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
“I can confirm that the DPRK has responded to United Nations Command, but I don’t have any substantial progress to read out,” Brigadier-General Ryder told a press conference, using the acronym of North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Pte King sprinted into North Korea on July 18 while on a tour of the Demilitarised Zone on the border, landing the United States in a new diplomatic quandary with nuclear-armed North Korea.
From May 24 to July 10, he served a sentence of hard labour at the Cheonan correctional facility in lieu of paying a fine, Yonhap news agency reported.
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