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North Korea's flag flies on a tower high above the village of Ki Jong Dong, as seen from Observation Post Ouellette in the Demilitarized Zone, DMZ, the tense military border between the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, Korea, March 25, 2012. A series of low-slung buildings and somber soldiers dot the landscape of the DMZ, the swath of land between North and South Korea where a soldier on a tour crossed into North Korea on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, under circumstances that remain unclear. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

The surreal Korean border village where a U.S. soldier crossed into the North

By Foster Klug - Associated Press

A group of tourists stand near a border station at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Not long after this photo was taken, Travis King, a U.S. soldier, bolted across the border and became the first known American detained in the North in nearly five years. (AP Photo/Sarah Jane Leslie)

Tourist who saw U.S. soldier sprint to North Korea initially thought it was a stunt

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

A portrait of American soldier Travis King is displayed as his grandfather, Carl Gates, talks about his grandson Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wis. Pvt. King bolted into North Korea while on a tour of the Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday, July 18, a day after he was supposed to travel to a base in the U.S. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

GIs who defected to North Korea offer dicey precedent for latest U.S. defector

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Matthew Miller, a U.S. citizen, sits on the dock at the Supreme Court during his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sept. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)

A look at other Americans who have crossed into North Korea over the years

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

A portrait of American soldier Travis King is displayed as his grandfather, Carl Gates, talks about his grandson Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wis. Pvt. King bolted into North Korea while on a tour of the Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday, July 18, a day after he was supposed to travel to a base in the U.S. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

American soldier’s dash into North Korea leaves family members wondering why

By Scott Bauer and Melissa Winder - Associated Press

A North Korean military guard post, left top, is seen in Paju near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. An American has crossed the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea, the American-led U.N. Command overseeing the area said Tuesday, amid heightened tensions over North Korea's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A look at some Americans who crossed into North Korea over the past years

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Barricades are placed near the Unification Bridge, which leads to the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. An American soldier who had served nearly two months in a South Korean prison, fled across the heavily armed border into North Korea, U.S. officials said Tuesday, becoming the first American detained in the North in nearly five years. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea stays silent on its apparent detention of a U.S. soldier who bolted across the border

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

A North Korean soldier looks at the southern side through a pair of binoculars at the border village of Panmunjom, in the Demilitarized Zone, DMZ, that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. A series of low-slung buildings and somber soldiers dot the landscape of the DMZ, the swath of land between North and South Korea where a soldier on a tour crossed into North Korea on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, under circumstances that remain unclear. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into the sea as U.S. docks nuclear submarine in South Korea

Associated Press

A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, during a news program, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Kim vowed to further bolster his country's nuclear fighting capabilities as he supervised the second test-flight of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the mainland U.S., state media reported Thursday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. deploys nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea in show of force against North Korea

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a news conference with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Defense Secretary Austin confirms U.S. soldier in North Korean custody

Associated Press

A general view shows the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea on July 19, 2022. An American has crossed the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea, the American—led U.N. Command overseeing the area said Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP, File)

U.S. soldier who crossed border into North Korea was reportedly facing discipline action in America

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

A TV screen shows an image of North Korea's rocket launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on June 1, 2023. The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China on Friday, June, 2, over North Korea’s failed launch of a military spy satellite this week in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, which Moscow and Beijing refused to condemn.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Instability in Northeast Asia

By Joseph R. DeTrani

North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Song addresses a Security Council meeting on Non-proliferation/North Korea, Thursday, July 13, 2023 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

North Korea’s ambassador blames U.S. for regional tensions in appearance at U.N. Security Council

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Wednesday, its neighbors said, two days after the North threatened "shocking" consequences to protest what it called a provocative U.S. reconnaissance activity near its territory. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Kim vows to boost North Korea’s nuclear capability after observing new long-range missile launch

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Wednesday, its neighbors said, two days after the North threatened "shocking" consequences to protest what it called a provocative U.S. reconnaissance activity near its territory. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea’s new missile tests exposes Kim’s limited options

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times