Private 2nd Class Travis King left his tourist group of the Joint Security Area on the border of North and South Korea and has been detained by the North Korean authorities. The World’s Marco Werman talks with Jenny Town, director of the 38 North Project at the Stimson Center, about what the news means for officials in both countries and the US-North Korean relationship.
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