State Department says ‘no new communications’ between US, North Korea over soldier Travis King

The U.S. State Division is now saying there have been “no new communications” with North Korea relating to captured American soldier Travis King, who officers say ran over the border final week throughout a guided tour of the DMZ. 

State Division spokesperson Matthew Miller made the comment after the U.N. Command peacekeeping power, in response to The Related Press, stated Monday that it has began “a dialog” with North Korea about King. 

“I noticed the experiences about contact between the U.N. Command and North Korea. It’s my understanding that there have been no new communications since final week — communications that occurred within the early days,” Miller stated Monday throughout a State Division briefing.  

“I feel the experiences might have resulted from a misinterpretation of the U.N. Command’s unique assertion, however I’ll go away it to them to debate the main points of that,” Miller added. “However I’m not conscious of any new communications apart from people who occurred within the very early hours or early days after he went throughout the border.” 

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This household photograph exhibits a portrait of American soldier Travis King displayed on the dwelling of his grandfather Carl Gates, on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Household Photograph through AP)

Miller continued by saying “on the U.N. aspect, the — my understanding is that the North Koreans acknowledged they obtained the message. I’ll allow you to determine whether or not that constitutes an precise response or not.   

“They acknowledged that they obtained the message. On our aspect, as I stated final week, we’ve various channels by which we’re in a position to ship messages to them,” Miller additionally stated. “We’ve delivered the messages to North Korea, however we’ve as but not obtained a response.” 

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This undated photograph exhibits Travis King, the American soldier who officers say at present is being detained in North Korea. (Fb)

British Military Lt. Gen. Andrew Harrison, who’s the deputy commander of the U.N. Command, instructed reporters throughout a media briefing Monday that “The first concern for us is Personal King’s welfare,” in response to Reuters. 

King, 23, joined the Military in January 2021 and is at present a cavalry scout with the 4th Infantry Division, a U.S. Military spokesperson beforehand has instructed Fox Information.  

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A bunch of vacationers stands close to a border station at Panmunjom within the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, on Tuesday, July 18. Not lengthy after this photograph was taken, in response to The Related Press, Travis King, a U.S. soldier, bolted throughout the border and have become the primary identified American detained within the North in practically 5 years. (AP/Sarah Jane Leslie)

A U.S. Forces Korea spokesperson stated King was on a joint safety space orientation tour final Tuesday when he “willfully and with out authorization crossed the Navy Demarcation Line into the Democratic Folks’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).” 

King was to be separated from the navy and was supposed to return to the U.S., in response to an official that spoke to Fox Information, however he missed his flight. 

Fox Information’ Liz Friden contributed to this report.