The United States said Wednesday it has no fresh news on the US soldier who left a tour of the demilitarized zone and ran into North Korea, in a bizarre incident that has baffled authorities in Washington.
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.
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 King's situation, but there had not been a response.
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