North Korea acknowledges it has US soldier who ran across demilitarised zone

North Korea acknowledges that it has in custody a US soldier that dashed over the heavily-guarded border with South Korea last month.

North Korea has acknowledged that it has in custody a US soldier that dashed over the heavily-guarded border with South Korea last month.Private Travis King sprinted into North Korea on July 18 while on a tour of the Demilitarised Zone on the border with South Korea

United Nations Command, the US-led multinational force which oversees the Korean War truce, said in a statement that Pyongyang's military "has responded to the United Nations Command with regards to Private King". "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.

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