Mounting US worries over Private Travis King after silence from North Korea
Washington DC, USReuters The United States on Thursday voiced mounting concern over Army Private Travis King, who dashed into North Korea two days ago, saying Pyongyang had a history of mistreating captured Americans. US Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, in her first public comments on the case, said Washington was fully mobilized in trying to contact […]
US citizens imprisoned in North Korea set for release ahead of Trump-Kim talks
World Watch Monitor Three American citizens detained in North Korea seem set to be released ahead of a meeting between the two countries’ leaders next month. The BBC reported that the three men had been “relocated to a Pyongyang hotel and are receiving good food and medical care”. The three Americans have been detained on charges ranging […]
Otto Warmbier’s father joins Pence at Olympics to highlight North Korean abuses
World Watch Monitor As the Winter Olympics kick off in Pyeongchang, US Vice-President Mike Pence has arrived in South Korea with a guest – the father of Otto Warmbier, the American student who died shortly after being sent home from a North Korea prison in June last year. But, as the BBC reports, Mr Pence did not […]