SEOUL (Reuters) -A U.S. nationwide is prone to be in North Korean custody after crossing the inter-Korean border throughout a tour with out approval, the U.N. Command mentioned on Tuesday.
The individual was collaborating in a tour to the Joint Safety Space, the border village within the demilitarised zone separating the 2 Koreas the place troopers from either side stand guard.
“A U.S. Nationwide on a JSA orientation tour crossed, with out authorization, the Navy Demarcation Line into the Democratic Individuals’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),” the U.N. Command mentioned on Twitter.
“We consider he’s presently in DPRK custody and are working with our KPA counterparts to resolve this incident,” it added, referring to North Korea’s Individuals’s Military.
