Travis King ran over the border Tuesday while on a civilian tour of the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas, and US officials say they have yet to ascertain his fate.
US Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said Washington was fully mobilised in trying to contact Pyongyang, including through United Nations communications channels.
The remark appears aimed at the Ohio-class US nuclear-powered submarine which arrived at a port in Busan earlier this week, as reported by local state media KCNA.
The US is working hard to ascertain information on Private Travis King's wellbeing and engaged in 'ensuring his safety and return,' US Special Envoy for North Korea Sung Kim said.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that the Pentagon had reached out to counterparts in North Korea, but Pyongyang has yet to respond to the incident.
Travis King's unauthorised border crossing plunges Washington into turmoil, raising questions about his motives and igniting a diplomatic crisis with the nuclear-armed state.
The crossing comes amid tensions on the Korean peninsula, with the arrival of a US nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine in South Korea for a rare visit in a warning to North Korea.
The 15-member Security Council met after North Korea said it tested on Wednesday its latest Hwasong-18 ICBM, adding the weapon is the core of its nuclear strike force.
Report by Ministry of National Defence cited use of US reconnaissance planes and drones and said Washington was escalating tensions by sending a nuclear submarine near peninsula.
It is the first time South Korea has secured a satellite launched by North, military experts said, adding that Seoul had ended salvage operations, which began on 31 May.
In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, New Delhi’s net tax intake didn’t even hit the halfway mark of what it expects to collect by March 31.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Speaking at annual press conference, Army chief reiterated that India does not recognise 1963 Sino-Pakistan border pact under which Pakistan illegally ceded Shaksgam Valley to China.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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