Its been four weeks since he apparently evaded an order to fly back to the us, and made his way to the Demilitarised Zone which separates the two koreas before running to the northern side. Pyongyang has now claimed private king was driven to come to north korea because of inhuman maltreatment and Racial Discrimination while serving in the us army. And the State News Agency goes on to claim that private king has admitted to crossing illegally, and has asked for refuge in the north. It is the first time north korea has Knowledged Detaining the soldier. The claims have not been verified, and in a press briefing, the white house has urged people to be mindful of where the statement was made when considering its validity. We would caution everyone to consider the source here, that is incredibly important, as we are hearing the report. We cant verify the comments that are being attributed to private king, obviously. We remain focused on his safe return to him as we have been saying for thes
with just a few minutes to go, it was too late for the matildas to come back. here s what the players made of the game in the post match news c0 nfe re nces . 0h oh my god, what a feeling. it s an unbelievable achievement getting to a world cup final. it s every kid s dream. yeah, i mean, like i said, i ve got no words. i m absolutely knackered right now. got a few days to recover it but then we go again because we want to win this. obviously now we ve got so far, why not? what i said to the team in the huddle, i said, we promised each other to leave everything out there and every to leave everything out there and every single player did. and i think that s why the fans thanked them and supported them afterwards as well, because they see a team that leaves everything out there. yes, we are disappointed we didn t win, but you also need to be proud of yourself when you leave everything out there, and they did. well that spelled the end of the world cup journey for the matilda s
but for more analysis on the game and the australian team, let s go live now to sydney where i m joined by steve georgakis, a senior lecturer in sports studies at the university of sydney. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. thank you so much for “oining us on the programme. us on the programme. good morning. us on the programme. good morning, monica, us on the programme. good morning, monica, thank- us on the programme. goodj morning, monica, thank you us on the programme. good - morning, monica, thank you for having me. morning, monica, thank you for having me having me. what did you think ofthe having me. what did you think of the match having me. what did you think of the match last having me. what did you think of the match last night? - having me. what did you think of the match last night? look, the -a of the match last night? look, the party is of the match last night? look, the party is over of the match last night? look, the party is over for of
the legacy will endure. steve, the legacy will endure. steve, the matilda the legacy will endure. steve, the matilda skype the legacy will endure. steve, the matilda skype so - the legacy will endure. steve, the matilda skype so far - the legacy will endure. steve, the matilda skype so far into. the matilda skype so far into this. what do you think how these games have helped women s football, the image of it around the world? ., ., ~ ~ around the world? look, we knew that australia around the world? look, we knew that australia is around the world? look, we knew that australia is a around the world? look, we knew that australia is a big around the world? look, we knew that australia is a big country - that australia is a big country on the table to host these mega events the best. we had a very proud tradition of women and girls playing sports in australia. so it was always going to be a success. it was always going to be a success from an organisational point of view,