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US soldier held by North Korea after crossing border previously got in fight with locals, skipped flight home, official says By Greg Norman , Jennifer Griffin , Liz Friden | Fox News | Published July 18, 2023 1:35pm EDT Read more at https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-korea-detains-us-national-who-crossed-military-demarcation-line A plainclothes American soldier has been detained in North Korea Tuesday after crossing the Military Demarcation Line separating the country from&hell...

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An American soldier has been detained in North Korea after “willfully” crossing into the country, throwing a curveball into Washington-Pyongyang relations amid heightened nuclear tensions. North Korea has been ratcheting up its nuclear weapons provocations in recent months, and the incident came just as the U.S. made a rare docking of a nuclear-capable submarine at…

A senior US commander said there had been no contact with the soldier.

A U.S. soldier who darted across the border from South Korea was detained in North Korea, in a rare case of an American service member being held in one of the worlds most isolated states. The incident has sparked a diplomatic emergency at a time of already strained ties between Pyongyang and Washington.

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 18, 2023 - A U.S. soldier is believed to have been detained in North Korea after crossing the military demarcation line from South Korea without authorization Tuesday, the Pentagon said.

The job of the US President can't be an easy one at the best of times, and for Joe Biden, it just got that little bit more difficult.