The North Korean government called “just in the last 48 hours” to acknowledge the presence of Private Second Class Travis King, the US Army soldier who bolted across the border from South Korea last month, according to the US State Department.
(Bloomberg) — The North Korean government called “just in the last 48 hours” to acknowledge the presence of Private Second Class Travis King, the US Army soldier who bolted across the border from South Korea last month, according to the US State Department.
“It was a call to the UN Command at the demilitarized zone,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters in Washington on Wednesday. “It was not a substantive call. It was an acknowledgment call.”
Miller said North Korea still hasn’t responded to US efforts to reach out through diplomatic channels. “Because it wasn’t substantive, we certainly don’t see it as progress in any way,” he said.
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