A general view shows the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea on July 19, 2022. An American has crossed the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea, the American—led U.N. Command overseeing the area said Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- An American national has crossed into North Korea without authorization and has been detained
- An American has crossed the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea, the U.S.-led U.N. Command overseeing the area said Tuesday, amid heightened tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program.
- The U.N. Command tweeted that the U.S. citizen was on a tour to the Korean border village of Panmunjom and crossed the border into the North without authorization.
- It said he is currently in North Korean custody and that the U.N. Command is working with its North Korean counterparts to resolve the incident.
- It gave no further details on who the person is or why he crossed the border.
- Tuesday’s border crossing happened amid high tensions over North Korea’s barrage of missile tests since the start of last year. The United States earlier Tuesday sent a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in decades as deterrence against North Korea.
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