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Army private who ran to North Korea charged with desertion
Two officials who spoke to The Associated Press said Pvt. Travis King is facing charges including desertion and possessing sexual images of a child.
By Lolita C. Baldor
US soldier bolted after ‘mistreatment’ in the Army, North Korea says
A U.S. Defense Department official said the U.S. had no way to verify North Korea’s claims about Pvt. Travis King.
UN says it’s communicating with North Korea about detained US soldier
“None of us know where this is going to end,” says UN deputy commander Andrew Harrison, a British lieutenant general.
North Korea fires missiles, stays mum on US soldier who crossed border
North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward its western sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said.
US and North Korea still have ways to talk though no diplomatic ties
There are several channels the U.S. and the North could use to talk. A pink phone. A New York mission. Swedish diplomats. A North-South Korean hotline.
Still no response from North Korea about wayward US soldier
But North Korea’s defense minister threatened that the docking of a nuclear-armed U.S. sub in South Korea could be grounds for a nuclear attack.
North Korea stays silent on its apparent detention of a US soldier
Pvt. Travis King bolted into North Korea while on a tour of the Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday, a day after he was supposed to go back to a base in the U.S.
By Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Soldier held in North Korea faced discharge for fights, cop car damage
The soldier who crossed the North Korean border Tuesday had previously been arrested in South Korea for getting into fights and damaging a cop car.
On a peaceful Memorial Day, remember to honor the costs of war
This is the first Memorial Day in 20 years when our country is not at war. For Gold Star families, it will be especially poignant.
By Ryan Manion
Ex-Air Force staff sergeant pleads guilty to killing federal guard
Steven Carrillo, 33, changed his plea to guilty to a federal murder charge in the killing of David Patrick Underwood and to the attempted murder of Underwood’s colleague.
Russia, inflation and Washington gridlock: Biden’s next defense budget is still a big question mark
If Russian President Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine, defense analysts foresee a boost in the U.S. troop presence in Europe that would trigger a supplemental defense funding request to Congress so as not to deplete other Pentagon accounts.
By Joe Gould