A man detained in North Korea after crossing the military demarcation line separating the two Koreas is a United States soldier who entered the country “willfully and without authorization”, according to a US military official.
The United Nations Command, which has helped oversee the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between South Korea and North Korea since an armistice ended fighting in the 1950-1953 Korean War, said on Tuesday the individual had been taking part in a tour when he crossed into North Korea.
– Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe
– Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
– Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
– Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
@AljazeeraEnglish
#Aljazeeraenglish
#News
#US
#unitedstates
#NorthKorea
They can keep him.
Did the soldier defect?
Yes
He is sick of US hypocrisy.
So he prefers famines, labor camps and public executions 😂
@M.
Famine, labor camps and executions? Who has proven there other than US propaganda?
@M.
At the very least, he didn’t want to become a zombie on US streets.
@M.He dont want be worry of own children getting school shooting, drugs, robbers 😂 or being homeless
Kim says, welcome to North Korea now shares some intel with us.
Anything the guy confess to north Korea is Truth… I’m suspecting USA is trying to nuke n Korean.. killing innocent people
Its Spy agent CIA…everybody knows
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
😁It’s hard not to love that old “Dad Quote”, isn’t it?
RIP 😑
🤣😂
What? He’s not dead! He defected. He isn’t even the first American to defect to North Korea.
Qatar’s media outlet Aljazeera which not even raise voice for democracy in Qatar (an authoritarian absolute monarchy ruled by the Al Thani royal family) criticize the lack of freedom & democracy elsewhere its hypocricy at its finest
The US soldiers are now fleeing to North Korea………ha ha brilliant !!
I’m not surprised that it happens every few years. There is a forbidden fascination to the DPRK. Some may do it impulsively, others may feel their life is at a dead end. Some are attracted to idealistic notions.
The soldier was being punished for something. It’s possible he made a rational calculation that his odds are better as a defector in the DPRK than facing whatever they were planning to do with him.
Notice the media won’t tell us any details about what he was facing.
He was probably like “take a gamble at being Dresnok 2.0 or end up in a military court for go knows what”
Or simply the DPRK is a better country than the US. Travis King is black.
Not everyone likes Choco pies lol
Maybe he was smuggling them into the North..I hear they are very popular there.
You have one thing to do: Not crossing border. play stupid game win stupid prize. not gonna cry for him.
Happy holidays!
Trump vanguard.
A prankster that messed With the wrong dude.
The soldier defected to North Korea … stop the 🧢 🧢
USA can’t dictate North Korea because North Korea is a powerful country.
Leave him alone, starving soldier.
Of course the US feels the need to be in the dmz 😒
Yes Hahaha🤣😂
welcome comrade
Bring all US troops home.
He won’t come back 😂 only Trump can speak to Kim, Joe Biden doesn’t even know how to negotiate.
Who cares. He wanted to go see Kim jong un and his sister Kim Yo-jong.
Let him get on with his trip. Making a big deal out of it
American is always looking for trouble
What Americans don’t know is when things like this happens, Americans get in to trouble in North Korea the Swedish 🇸🇪embassy get to work. Sweden is protecting US interests in North Korea as there is no direct contact between USA and NK. Everything goes trough a mediator.
He might not be in trouble.
They said that in the report, that’s quite interesting.
There is several Americans living there already. Military guys.
“Without authorisation ” yeah right… we’ve seen too many spy movies for this to work
FREEE FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
FREE FREE FRANCE 🇵🇸
FREE FREE EUROPE 🇵🇸
HLALLLAH FUCKBAR 😱
If he defected the US will never admit the truth, they will make up some nonsense
He thought that as an American they’d jump into action and send the full force of the military to rescue him like they do in the movies. Now he’s probably realised it wasn’t such a good idea after all and no one is coming.
bad timing to cross the border..veery bad timing..
BREAKING …US soldier defects to N Korea for a better life 😂
😂 all time champion!
he must have want to see how the US will be like with the crazy lefties in control
play stupid. but actually spy
“…this is pretty embarrassing for the U. S.” Sir, nothing is embarrassing for the U. S. anymore! There is no shame anymore after some of the stuff we are tolerating.
We killed 3 million Koreans in a genocide that everyone in the USA will laugh off if you use the word, despite generals of the time saying things like “if we saw something moving we bombed it, and if there was a brick on top of another brick we bombed that.” Sure sounds like a genocide.
No problem …remember the Guy that walked off the Base in A’Stan and disappeared? He got a FREE PASS…100% INNOCENT….this Guy is Black so he will get a Hero’s Welcome, a Medal of Honor, and a guest spot on the View where Whoopie will admire his Spirit…
He’s running away from dictatorship county of USA, we should send peace keeping army to USA to stop the deletion of black and native people iin america
The new “James Dresnok” defected to the DPRK
America does the same in guantnamo they kidnap the people and accuses them under fabricated evidence and put them in jail or kill them for yeara and years so its the same
“We are concerned about his welfare” when they were sending him back to Texas to punish him for something.
This guy OBVIOUSLY defected, but no one in American media will use the the word, because you can’t defect from a “democracy,” right? Except people can, and they have many times.
They also refuse to say what he was charged with. Anyone want to speculate whether he was being unfairly persecuted and defected for his freedom? Our propaganda outlets won’t cover any of that.
Leave him there please and thank you hahaha
Beware of the biological weapons delivered at your doorsteps on the disguise of a defected soldier.
“I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts”.
R.I.P
And why is he spying on North Korea?
What he is doing thousands of miles away from home no one invited him
The South Korean government does invite US troops.
@Santiago PThat’s against the rule. Usually US troops invite themselves.
The U.S. is the most violent peace loving nation in human history
Not big news he will be free soon
The latest TikTok challenge.
He “bolted” for the border. Leave him be.
US ALWAYS FIND TROUBLE.
You write “likely held”?!!! Try definitely held
“Held” temporarily because he defected. This is not the first. He’ll just become a normal DPRK citizen.
@Alexander8765 I was talking about “Likely” NOT Held
leave him there, he is a reject anyway.
He can hangout with the other American defectors he’s a North Korean now
😂😂😂😂 america lol, soldier is smarts
The soldier knows something we don’t 😂
Pretty sure based on his rank and time in service the only thing this goober knows is what time they serve chow
Negotiation with a rogue state is the sign of weakness, take military action.
The need of the hour is military action against North Korea.
It is understandable that US is worried about the possible defeat at the hands of North Korean military and don’t want to repeat Afghanistan experience.
But the life of American soldier is very important and it has to be saved at any cost.
if they went voluntary that’s kinda on them is it not?.
I do hope you’re being sarcastic. Can’t tell.
He defected .. how to go over and save someone who defected?
What a nonsense! He went there out of his own free will, so there is no point for any action whatsoever.
P.S. if the life of an American soldier is so important, the US should withdraw their military from countries where they shouldn’t be.
He’s in for a much bigger disciplinary action.
how is this news
Imagine the western reaction if this was Russia. The headline and comment from western media and officials would have been so crazy 😂😂
“hero Russian soldier defects from the Russian Army because ” his conscience could not bear it anymore” “😂
John McIntyre defected to Russia while “assisting” Ukraine in it’s war.
Haha good riddance
Did you guys hear about that Russian soldier who fired at his own positions 😂now that’s funny
Mistakes in the heat of a war are not unheard of. Nothing funny at that.
😮Kim will punish you brother
He thought maybe is in Ukraine
please check his blood cocaine level
Perhaps the soldier want to spit some secrets to the NK.
Cia
North Korea right to detained.
If he was shot dead by North Korea border guard at the first instance, all problem was solved.
The man will be put to sleep 🛌? Go and ask auto wenba who stolen there picture 😂😂
This soldier didn’t steal anything. He will only be reprimanded for entering the DPRK without a visa. That’s it.
He was last seen crossing over the border with a Rucksack full of Choco pies..enough to get him his own palace in N Korea.
Natural selection
First we had guitar tornado in Texas
Then we had Chinese ballon flying over Pentagone
Now we hv US spy in North Korea.
No wonder everybody is wearing a green tie due to deep concerns
US is an interesting country. Columbus discovered it first. Now he is gone & we keep discovering American news everyday
Much like defection than detention 😢
I guess if his next of kin watches TV, you can consider them now informed, buddy!
In the Biden admin embarassment is a daily occurance….get in line
No it’s not embarrassing he just wants some selfie from concentration camp,for sure he will return
P.S: U.S spy held in North Korea
Its okay he will show the leader how to play basketball and how to make pizza, they will give him vip status there
Well I hope he’s alright but he’s black soldier so they probably won’t do much to him and he ran over there for some form of freedom. Black people like to be free. When you going to nightclub to drink get drunk and people fight so what’s the point
Firstly why is US troops doing in this border at first place
We’ve had troops at the border since the end of the Korean War. We are linked with Korea because of that war.
@Sharon HarrisKorea was none of your business in the first place. But the US is known for sticking its nose in countries all around the globe, even if a country is located thousands of miles away and doesn’t pose any security threat for the US.
He went to make America great again 😂😂
This may all be a fake operation?? This guy could very well be a CIA plant to gain Intel?? Kim Jong-Un had better be careful??
I suppose you may consider his heirs enlightened now if they watch TV, pal!
Who cares? American mercenaries died in Ukraine for believing in their government anyway.
First why are the U$ soldier cross NK border. Is he think he’s American that he can crossing anytime if he want to. Second why are U$ always like creating more trouble to other country all time.
What about Gonzalo Lira us citizen too held by the Ukrainian n4zi regime apparently in a super democratic country lol..why not talk about that one…
That’s US hypocrisy. Ukraine is considered to be a befriended country, so the US will not move a finger for him.
OTG HES wht😂😂
US soldiers mostly watched Rambo movies so he felt he could infiltrate North Korea without the NK knowing 😅😂😅
He wanted to live a simple life.
Stupid is as Stupid does👹
USA is a sinking ship, time to make a leap of faith 🫣
The US citizen prefers Kim Jong Un than Biden.
He decided to check into a North Korean’s AirBnB with some deep tissue massage, exercise, weight loss diet, and some quiet. I say we let him enjoy his stay.
Does the US share a border with North Korea?😊
Let him stay there…