When U.S. soldier Travis King sprinted across the border into North Korea from the South this week, he disappeared into a North Korea where lingering COVID-19 concerns and restrictions have made the already secretive country more isolated than ever.
South Korean soldiers stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
King ran over the border on Tuesday while on a civilian tour of the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas, and U.S. officials say they have yet to ascertain his fate. Colonel Isaac Taylor, a spokesman for the U.S.-led United Nations Command that overseas the DMZ on the South Korean side, said the command had been in contact with the North via established hotlines.
COVID restrictions aren't stopping the North from picking up the phone, but it has created new uncertainty over how they may view his crossing, or how they may decide to communicate. The Joint Security Area, a typical venue for working-level negotiations where King made his border dash, gathered dust and weeds for most of the pandemic. North Korean guards at the site still shelter inside buildings, apparently to avoid the risk of catching COVID.
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