US weighs whether to designate US Army soldier in North Korea a POW

Picture of Travis King, the US soldier who ran across the military demarcation line into North Korea on Tuesday July 18th. CNN —

The Biden administration is debating whether to designate Travis King , the US Army soldier who crossed into North Korea last month, as a prisoner of war, defense officials told CNN.

No final decision has been made, officials said, and as of now King’s status is still AWOL, or absent without leave.King could potentially qualify for POW status since the Korean War ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty, meaning the US and North Korea are […]

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