{"id":2012798,"date":"2023-08-26T05:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T09:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-renews-ban-on-use-of-us-passports-for-travel-to-north-korea\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T05:56:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T09:56:40","slug":"state-department-renews-ban-on-use-of-us-passports-for-travel-to-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-renews-ban-on-use-of-us-passports-for-travel-to-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"US Passports still banned for travel to North Korea, says State Department."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fstate-department-renews-ban-on-use-of-us-passports-for-travel-to-north-korea%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=2012798&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Biden Administration Extends Ban on U.S.\u200b Passports for Travel to North\u2062 Korea<\/h2>\n<p>WASHINGTON\u2014In a move to \u200daddress rising\u200c tensions\u200d with North Korea, the Biden administration has announced the extension of a ban\u2062 on\u2062 the \u200buse of \u200dU.S. passports for travel to the country. This \u2063ban, which was initially imposed in 2017, has been renewed every year since.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200ddecision comes amidst concerns over North Korea&#8217;s nuclear and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-names-special-envoy-to-north-korea-after-meeting-with-moon\/\" title=\"Biden Names Special Envoy to North Korea After Meeting With Moon\">ballistic missile programs<\/a>, as well as the uncertain status of Travis King,\u200d a U.S. service member who recently entered the country\u2064 through its heavily armed border.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Department of State \u2064has determined there continues \u200cto be serious\u2064 risk to U.S. citizens and nationals of arrest and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-renews-ban-on-use-of-us-passports-for-travel-to-north-korea\/\" title=\"US Passports still banned for travel to North Korea, says State Department.\">long-term detention constituting imminent danger<\/a> to their\u200d physical safety,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The ban, \u2064which makes it \u2063illegal to use\u200c a\u2062 U.S. passport for travel to, from, or through North\u200c Korea, will remain \u2063in place until Aug. \u206431, 2024, unless it is extended\u2062 or rescinded. However, exceptions \u200bcan be made in cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">compelling national interest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Background and Rationale<\/h3>\n<p>The ban was initially implemented by former Secretary of State \u200cRex \u200bTillerson\u2062 in 2017 following the tragic \u200bdeath of\u2063 American student Otto Warmbier. \u200dWarmbier suffered severe injuries while in\u200b North Korean custody after being arrested\u2063 for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster. He later \u200bdied in \u200ca Cincinnati hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the ban, there are concerns regarding the case of Travis King, who entered North Korea in July. While it is unclear whether he used a\u200d U.S. \u2064passport for his entry, the\u200c United States is actively seeking his return and has faced\u200b challenges in obtaining\u200c information from North Korean officials.<\/p>\n<p>Last week,\u2064 North Korea officially confirmed King&#8217;s presence in the country, releasing \u200ba statement through its \u2064state media that attributed\u2064 critical remarks about the United States\u200b to the Army private.\u2063 However, the\u2064 authenticity of these statements has yet to be \u2064verified.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/will-china-russia-and-north-korea-launch-their-nukes-5475274\">Will China, Russia, and North Korea Launch \u2063Their Nukes?<\/a><\/strong>  &#8211; Published on\u200c 8\/18\/2023<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/north-korea-claims-us-soldier-illegally-crossed-border-to-seek-refuge-5468643\">North Korea Claims US \u2062Soldier Illegally Crossed Border to \u2018Seek Refuge\u2019<\/a><\/strong>  \u2062- Published on 8\/16\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration has prolonged the ban on using U.S. passports for travel to North Korea for another year. This ban, initially enforced in 2017, has been consistently renewed. The extension arrives amidst escalating tensions with North Korea concerning its nuclear and ballistic missile activities, as stated by the State Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2012799,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2012798","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\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}