PAJU (South Korea)/WASHINGTON — US officials scrambled on Wednesday (July 19) to determine the fate of an American soldier who made an unauthorised crossing into North Korea, handing Washington a new crisis in its dealings with the nuclear-armed state.
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told a regular briefing the Pentagon had"reached out" to counterparts in North Korea's Korean People's Army about the soldier, Private Travis King, but added:"My understanding is that those communications have not yet been answered."
Mr Miller said the US had also engaged with Sweden, which acts as a diplomatic channel for Washington with Pyongyang, but added:"We are still trying to gather information here about the whereabouts of Private King." Mr Taylor said the communication had been over a daily hotline with the North Koreans, though he did not elaborate on any response.Mr King was on a tour of the Panmunjom truce village when he suddenly dashed across the Military Demarcation Line that has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice, US officials said.
"When my son was on life support, and when my son passed away... Travis started reckless crazy when he knew my son was about to die," the outlet quoted Mr Gates as saying."I know it was related to what he did."
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