Seoul, South Korea CNN —For the first time in decades a US soldier is believed to be in North Korean custody.
The US Army has identified the soldier who crossed the demarcation line into North Korea on Tuesday as Pvt.
The last American known to be held by North Korea was Bruce Byron Lowrance, who, according to North Korean state-run media, crossed from China into North Korea.
While in North Korea, he appeared in propaganda films, taught North Korean spies English and spent up to eight hours a day studying the writings of North Korean leaders.
He was allowed to leave North Korea in 2004, two years after his wife, a Japanese national who was kidnapped from her home in Japan in 1978, was allowed to leave North Korea under a deal between Pyongyang and Tokyo.
Persons:
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