US Soldier crosses over into North Korea

AP News is reporting that "The U.S.-led United Nations Command is trying to secure the release of an American soldier who fled to North Korea from the South Korean side of a border village. Private 2nd Class Travis King, in his early 20s, had just been released from a South Korean prison where he was held on assault charges. Instead of getting on a plane to be taken back to Fort Bliss, Texas, he left and joined a tour of the Korean border village of Panmunjom, where he ran across the border." Well I guess that kind of explains it.

CBS stated that the US soldier willfully and without authorization crosed over into North Korea. BBC said the soldier acted willingly by "making a run" but without authorisation. Reuters said US soldier flees into North Korea in new crisis over the nuclear-armed state." How is this a crisis?

"The crossing comes at a time of renewed tension on the Korean peninsula, with the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine, and the launch early on Wednesday morning of two ballistic missiles into the sea by North Korea." That's the crisis. US sent a submarine with nuclear missiles on it. They are trying to provoke a conflict because they have nothing else better to do. This is yet another manufactured emergency.

"North Korea has been testing increasingly powerful missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, including a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile launched last week." They ran a test to launch a satellite just like South Korea did. Stop trying to create conflict. Just ask Donnie to give Kim a call.

Travis King: US soldier in N Korea had been held after fighting in Seoul