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Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:34 am Talks have begun for the soldier's return.

Let's see what we give up for a violent deserter.

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:34 am Talks have begun for the soldier's return.

Let's see what we give up for a violent deserter.

Asked whether the US made any concessions to North Korea for the transfer, officials emphatically said no.

“The answer is simple: There were none. Full stop,” the senior official said.

US military officials have said that King “willfully and without authorization” crossed into North Korea in July. King had been released from a detention facility in South Korea just over a week before running across the demarcation line – punishment which appeared to stem from an October 2022 incident in which he allegedly pushed and punched a victim in the face at a club in Seoul, according to court documents.
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North Korea claimed on Wednesday that King has “confessed that he illegally intruded into the territory of the DPRK as he harbored ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the U.S. army and was disillusioned about the unequal U.S. society.”

Leisher wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 1:43 pm Plot twist: North Korea realized the U.S. didn't give two shits about this asshole and gave him back voluntarily. They figure he'll do more damage there than in a NK gulag.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 9:36 am I'll give them points for creativity.

Leisher wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 9:33 am That seems like a pretty significant story.

Meanwhile, CNN is covering a super high tech war going on between NK and SK.

Activists fly K-pop USB sticks into North Korea as ‘poo balloon’ row intensifies

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:43 pm Plot twist: the thumb drives contain spyware.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 8:48 pm

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:43 pm Plot twist: the thumb drives contain spyware.

Too bad they don't have any computers. Or electricity.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in an unannounced late-night TV address, accusing the country’s main opposition party of sympathizing with North Korea and anti-state activities.
“To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements… I hereby declare emergency martial law,” Yoon said in a live televised address to the nation.

Parliament votes to lift the martial law in South Korea (theguardian.com)
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South Korean military says martial law will be maintained until lifted by president despite parliament vote (bbc.com)