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No word from North Korea on US soldier who dashed across military border
Asia Pacific ·July 20, 2023 · 6:33 AM UTC · agoNorth Korea remained silent about a US soldier who split from a tour group and made a dash across the heavily fortified border two days earlier, landing Washington in a new diplomatic quandary.
