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…
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…