group that he join. king had just completed a 47 dy sentence in south korea prison for allegedly kicking a squad carpet here to discuss his founder national security institute. so first of all what is your take on how he s being treated? i think he s exactly right. you have every reason to be concerned by the army private travis king s been truly know how the north korean regime treat his own people as well as other states. the five timing is everything. as private kings timing to sprint into north korea give north korea it leverage? coxwell, sever great time for these things happen. obviously of ongoing tensions in the region for the north koreans have been launching both cruise missiles and ballistic missiles into the sea off the coast of south korea. in part in a complaint because
port on tuesday afternoon. south korea s defense ministry said it is the first visit by a us nuclear armed submarine since the 1980s. there was talk before it was issued last october by the bind team that the united states was no longer going to protect south korea with its nuclear weapons and that unnerved not only south korea but japan and our other allies. now, fortunately, the biden administration kept established u.s. policy but nonetheless south korea is extremely concerned. which is the reason why south korean president, who is very pro american actually said, well, maybe we should have nuclear weapons of our own because the u.s. won t protect us. trace: i have 15 seconds for you but those two short range missiles shot by the north, what s the motivation there?
(gentle music) on a tour willfully crossed the demarcation line we believe they are in custody. what has kept kim jong-un in line for the most part is we put the pressure on him but we need to make sure that he knows there will be hell to pay if he hurts that soldier. trace: we are learning more about the u.s. soldier who crossed into north korea today. private second class travis king recently released from a south korea prison where he was being held on assault charges. king was supposed to return to the u.s. and face disciplinary action but skipped his flight and went on a tour of the dmz as well when he broke away from the tour group and landed in north korea custody. king is the first american held
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