{"id":1975991,"date":"2023-07-18T09:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T13:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-in-north-korean-custody-after-crossing-dmz-during-tour\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T09:53:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T13:53:56","slug":"american-in-north-korean-custody-after-crossing-dmz-during-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-in-north-korean-custody-after-crossing-dmz-during-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"American detained in North Korea after crossing DMZ on tour."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Famerican-in-north-korean-custody-after-crossing-dmz-during-tour%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=1975991&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>U.S. National\u2062 Taken into North Korean Custody After\u200c Crossing DMZ Line<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u2063 400\">According \u200dto\u200b the United Nations, a \u2062U.S. national is believed to have \u2063been taken into North \u200bKorean custody after \u200dcrossing\u200d into \u2062the communist\u200d nation at\u200d the DMZ line\u2062 during\u200c a tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The person was \u200creportedly on a\u200d tour of the Joint Security Area\u200d in the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">demilitarized zone<\/a> \u2062when \u2063he crossed into North Korea \u2063and was taken\u200c into custody.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200b  <\/p>\n<p><span\u2064 style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA U.S.\u200d National \u2064on a JSA \u2062orientation\u2064 tour crossed,\u200c without \u200bauthorization, the Military Demarcation Line\u2063 into the Democratic\u2063 People\u2019s\u2063 Republic of Korea (DPRK). We believe \u2062he is currently in DPRK\u200b custody \u200band are\u2063 working \u200bwith our KPA counterparts to resolve this incident,\u201d \u2062the U.N. said in a\u200c tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u200b 400\">A \u2062local South\u2063 Korean outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-national-crosses-military-demarcation-line-into-north-korea-yonhap-2023-07-18\/\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has<\/a>\u2063 identified \u200dthe American national\u200d as an\u2062 Army \u2064soldier named Travis King, \u200cthough\u200d other outlets have not yet confirmed the identity\u2064 of the \u200bAmerican. According to NBC News, JSA tours <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/north-korea-holds-us-national-straying-border-united-nations-rcna94815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are \u200dconducted<\/a> by \u200bboth the U.N. and \u200bprivate companies, due to the historical\u200c significance \u200cof \u200dthe \u200darea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u200c style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u2064 incident marks the \u200cfirst time in \u2064several years \u2064that \u2064an\u200c American \u200chas been taken\u200d into\u2063 custody in North Korea.\u2064 Most travel\u200b <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/08\/02\/541242238\/state-department-bans-travel-to-north-korea-on-u-s-passports-starting-sept-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was<\/a> banned in 2017 due to \u201cthe \u2062serious\u2062 risk to United\u200d States nationals of \u200carrest and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-human-smugglers-dump-100-migrants-in-severely-remote-west-texas-region\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Human Smugglers Dump 100 Migrants in Severely Remote West Texas Region\">long-term detention<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The move came on\u2062 the \u2064heels of 22-year-old college student Otto Warmbier dying after \u2064he\u200c was \u200ddetained in North Korea after being accused of trying\u2063 to steal a \u200cpropaganda poster. Warmbier was sentenced to 15\u200b years of\u200c hard labor\u200c before\u2064 later being\u2062 released by North Korea and \u200creturned\u200b to the U.S. in\u2063 a coma. He\u2064 died \u200ddays \u200dafter his\u2063 return \u200bto America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Escalating Tensions<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: \u200d400\">The detention comes after the U.S. <a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-korea-us-north-korea-nuclear-0c6a71344452d5b12420c13fd66a5a1f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sent<\/a> 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>,\u2062 the\u200d USS Kentucky, to South Korea, the first time that kind \u2062of sub had\u2062 been sent to the area\u2063 in over 30 years. South \u2062Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-Sup said\u200c the sub\u200d \u201cshows the \u2062allies\u2019 overwhelming \u200ccapability and \u200dposture against North Korea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u200d 400\">North\u200d Korea launched\u200c an \u2062intercontinental ballistic \u2063missile\u2062 last week in a \u200btest as it\u200c continues to develop\u2062 its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wont-lift-iran-sanctions-until-they-stop-uranium-enrichment-still-wants-to-rejoin-deal\/\" title=\"Biden won\u2019t lift Iran sanctions until they stop uranium enrichment, still wants to rejoin deal\">nuclear capabilities<\/a>. \u200bThe tests have \u2063been condemned by\u200d the Biden \u2063administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWith\u200c respect to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-in-north-korean-custody-after-crossing-dmz-during-tour\/\" title=\"American detained in North Korea after crossing DMZ on tour.\">intercontinental ballistic missile\u200c capability<\/a>,\u200b this\u200c is\u2063 a capability they began testing\u2064 several years ago.\u2064 They\u200c have continued to test it.\u2062 We watch all of those \u200ctests\u200d very closely \u2062to see\u2063 how it is developing and we could coordinate extremely closely with our allies \u200d\u2014 with Japan and Korea \u2014\u200c to make sure that we are responding in \u200clockstep to this threat,\u201d \u200cnational\u200b security adviser \u2063Jake Sullivan <a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jake-sullivan-north-korea-nuclear-weapons-china-chips-face-the-nation\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&#038;linkId=225351471\" target=\"_blank\" \u200drel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u200b on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>detained by authorities. The United Nations has stated that a U.S. citizen is thought to have been captured by North Korea after crossing the DMZ line during a tour. The individual allegedly entered North Korea while visiting the Joint Security Area in the demilitarized zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1975992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}