White House skeptical of runaway soldier’s claims of racism in America
August 17, 2023
Seoul — The US government has said it could not verify Pyongyang’s statement that the soldier who crossed into North Korea without permission last month did so because he had ill feelings towards the army.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday said the administration could not verify the report by the Korean Central News Agency and cautioned “everyone to consider the source.”
Several attempts had been made to contact Pyongyang through various channels, without success, a US State Department spokesman said on Wednesday.
On July 18, Private Travis King crossed without permission the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Korean nations, who are still officially at war since a conflict in the 1950s.
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