{"id":1975975,"date":"2023-07-18T09:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T13:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-takes-us-citizen-captive-after-demilitarized-zone-incident\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T09:41:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T13:41:00","slug":"north-korea-takes-us-citizen-captive-after-demilitarized-zone-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-takes-us-citizen-captive-after-demilitarized-zone-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"US Citizen Captured by North Korea Following DMZ Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-korea-takes-us-citizen-captive-after-demilitarized-zone-incident%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975975&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An American Crosses \u2063Heavily Fortified Border into North\u2063 Korea<\/h2>\n<p>An American \u200ccitizen made a \u2062daring \u2064move \u2062by crossing the heavily fortified border from South \u200dKorea into\u2062 North Korea,\u2064 according to the \u2063U.S.-led\u2064 United\u2063 Nations Command overseeing the area. The incident\u200b occurred\u2062 during a \u2063tour \u200dto the Korean border village of\u2064 Panmunjom,\u200b where the\u2062 individual crossed\u2063 into North \u2064Korea \u200dwithout authorization.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations\u200c Command\u200b tweeted \u2062about\u2064 the\u2064 incident, stating\u200d that \u200bthe\u2063 U.S.\u200d citizen \u2064is currently in\u2063 North \u2064Korean\u2063 custody. \u2062They \u2063are actively \u2064working\u200b with\u2064 their \u2063North \u200bKorean counterparts\u200c to resolve the \u2063situation. However, no further details \u200bwere\u200c provided regarding the \u200bperson&#8217;s\u200d identity or the \u200creason\u2064 behind their \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-recruiting-gop-senators-for-amnesty-deal\/\" title=\"Democrats Recruiting GOP Senators for Amnesty Deal\">border crossing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote \u200bclass=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"\u2063 lang=\"en\">A U.S. National \u2063on\u2062 a JSA \u2063orientation tour crossed, without authorization, the Military Demarcation \u200dLine\u2063 into the\u200d Democratic\u200d People\u2019s\u2064 Republic\u2064 of \u2063Korea \u2064(DPRK). We\u2064 believe he is currently in DPRK custody and are \u200bworking with our KPA \u200bcounterparts\u200b to \u200cresolve \u200cthis\u200d incident. <a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a6amvnJTuY\">pic.twitter.com\/a6amvnJTuY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 United\u200d Nations Command \uc720\uc5d4\uad70\uc0ac\ub839\ubd80\/\uc720\uc5d4\uc0ac \u2064(@UN_Command)\u2062 <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN_Command\/status\/1681241668622888960?\">July \u206218, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Rare\u2063 Cases of Defection<\/h3>\n<p>Instances of\u2064 Americans or\u200b South Koreans defecting to \u200bNorth \u2062Korea are uncommon. \u2064However, since\u200d the end \u200bof\u2063 the 1950-53 Korean War,\u200b over 30,000 North Koreans \u2063have fled to \u200cSouth Korea\u2064 to escape political \u200boppression and\u200b economic hardships \u200bin their \u200dhome \u2062country.<\/p>\n<p>Panmunjom, situated within the 154-mile-long Demilitarized \u200dZone, was established at the \u200cconclusion\u200b of\u200c the Korean War. While occasional\u2063 bloodshed and\u2063 gunfire\u2062 have \u200coccurred in the \u200carea,\u2062 it has\u2064 also served \u200bas a venue for numerous\u200c talks\u200d and has become \u2062a \u2063popular tourist\u2062 spot.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cregion is \u2062jointly overseen by\u2064 the\u2063 U.N. Command and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-north-korea-appears-planning-first-deployment-orbital-military-technology\/\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North \u2064Korea<\/a>.\u200d However, no civilians reside in Panmunjom.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2017, a North\u200b Korean\u200d soldier fired\u2062 40 rounds as\u2063 a fellow soldier attempted\u2063 to flee \u2062to freedom.\u200c Despite \u200dbeing hit\u200d five times, the soldier\u2064 was discovered\u200c beneath a \u2062pile of leaves \u200bon the southern\u200d side of \u200bPanmunjom\u2063 and \u2063survived, eventually finding refuge in \u200cSouth Korea.<\/p>\n<p>During\u2064 the Cold War, a small \u200cnumber of\u200d U.S.\u200d soldiers also defected to North \u200cKorea, including Charles Jenkins, who\u200b deserted his army \u200dpost in\u200b South \u200cKorea \u200bin 1965 and crossed the\u2064 DMZ.\u200d Jenkins appeared\u2062 in\u2064 North Korean propaganda films \u200band married a\u2062 Japanese nursing\u2064 student who had been abducted by\u200c North \u200dKorean\u2064 agents. He\u200b passed \u200baway \u200din\u2062 Japan in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In recent\u2064 years, some Americans\u200d have \u2063been arrested in North \u2062Korea\u2062 after \u200ballegedly entering\u2064 the\u2064 country from China. \u200cThese individuals were later convicted\u2064 of espionage\u2062 and other\u200c anti-state acts, but \u200dmany \u2062were released\u2063 following \u2063high-profile missions \u2064by \u2063the \u200cU.S. to secure their \u2063freedom.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, North\u2062 Korea released \u2062the last three known American detainees \u200dduring \u2064a period of nuclear diplomacy\u200c between \u200cNorth Korean leader \u200cKim Jong\u200c Un \u2062and then-President\u2064 <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kim-jong-un-begins-acting-trump-reminds-us-military-might\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>. Unfortunately, the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-takes-us-citizen-captive-after-demilitarized-zone-incident\/\" title=\"US Citizen Captured by North Korea Following DMZ Incident\">high-stakes \u200cdiplomacy \u200bcollapsed<\/a>\u200b in 2019 due to disagreements over \u200cU.S.-led\u2063 sanctions on \u200bNorth Korea.<\/p>\n<h3>Tensions\u200d and\u200c Nuclear \u2062Deterrence<\/h3>\n<p>The recent border\u2063 crossing incident \u200coccurred\u2064 amidst <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-absolute-fool-ignore-north-koreas-latest-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\">heightened \u2062tensions<\/a> caused by\u2062 North \u2062Korea&#8217;s continuous\u200c missile tests since\u2062 the beginning \u200dof \u200blast \u200byear. In response, the \u2063United\u200d States deployed\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinking-our-future-bidens-budget-cuts-funds-to-u-s-navy-as-china-ramps-up-shipbuilding\/\" title=\"'Sinking Our Future': Biden's Budget Cuts Funds to U.S. Navy As China Ramps Up Shipbuilding\">nuclear-armed submarine<\/a> to \u200dSouth \u2064Korea \u2063for the first time in decades\u2062 as a deterrent against North\u2063 Korea.<\/p>\n<p \u2063style=\"font-style: italic\">The \u2062Western Journal has \u2063reviewed\u200d this \u2064Associated \u2062Press \u200cstory and\u200d may \u200dhave altered it prior to\u2064 publication to ensure that \u2064it \u200dmeets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063post\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\"\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/north-korea-takes-us-citizen-captive-demilitarized-zone-incident\/\">North Korea Takes US Citizen Captive \u2064After Demilitarized \u2063Zone Incident<\/a>\u2064 appeared\u2063 first \u2064on \u200d<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u200dJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American citizen, touring the Korean border village of Panmunjom, crossed into North Korea without permission, according to the U.S.-led United Nations Command. The heavily fortified border was breached by the individual, as confirmed by a tweet from the U.N. 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