There have been no new communications between the United Nations and North Korea over the American soldier who fled across the heavily militarized border and into the secretive state last week, U.S. officials say.
, a piece of land between the North and the South that’s managed by the U.N. From there, he sprinted across the border and appeared to be detained by North Korean guards.about King, the U.N. force that manages negotiations between the two Koreas appeared to suggest it was in talks with the North about the runaway soldier.
Speaking at a media briefing in Seoul, he said the dialogue was happening through a mechanism set up following the armistice between the North and the South signed in 1953 "I can't say anything that could prejudice that process," Harrison said."Much of this remains unknown."
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