Evening Edition: United States Soldier Defects To North Korea

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🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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A U.S. Army private slipped away from a tour group, crossed the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and entered North Korea. He is now in North Korean custody as the first defection of a U.S. citizen to the communist regime since the 1960's. FOX's John Saucier speaks with Greg Palkot, FOX news Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent, about what we know of the incident and why the soldier may have done it. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.9	I'd be the first time ever that an American has run into North Korea for safety.
0:32.6	This soldier, though, may have put himself in danger as things are not great between
0:35.9	these two countries.
0:37.2	North Korea is on a knife edge with the United States right now.
0:41.4	I mean, it's working on its illegal missile programs.
0:44.2	It's illegal nuclear programs.
0:46.2	It's on all of a sudden it's got a US soldier given to it in its hands.
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1:13.8	We heard today from US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaking of the Pentagon about
1:17.4	an American soldier who crossed the demilitarized zone and got into North Korea.
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