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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: U.S. Secures Release Of The Soldier Who Crossed Into North Korea In July [Watch (HLS stream): U.S. Secures Release Of The Soldier Who Crossed Into North Korea In July](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/d3mDecKV.m3u8) (1:53)  _Published 2023-09-27. The U.S. has secured the release of a U.S. soldier who sprinted across a heavily fortified border into North Korea more than two months ago, and he is on his way back to America, officials announced Wednesday._ --- Oct 2, 2023 4:09 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [White House Comments on North Korea's Claim U.S. Soldier Travis King Ran There Because of ‘Racial Discrimination’](/video/DF92U6Ym/) ### White House Comments on North Korea's Claim U.S. Soldier Travis King Ran There Because of ‘Racial Discrimination’ [A Look at the History of the U.S. and North Korea's Tense Relations](/video/TqVlLm9h/) ### A Look at the History of the U.S. and North Korea's Tense Relations [North Korea Detains a Fourth U.S. Citizen](/video/LASEs4y4/) ### North Korea Detains a Fourth U.S. Citizen --- ## Transcript The United States has secure the return of private Travis came from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea earlier today. He was transported to the border between North Korea and China where he was met by our ambassador. To the People's Republic of China. Nicholas Burns state department at Med plane and flew from dandong China to Shenyang China and then on from Shenyang to Osan Air. Force Base in South Korea was transferred to the Department of Defense. We appreciate the professionalism of our diplomats who worked with their counterparts of the Department of Defense and coordinated with the governments of Sweden and the People's Republic of China. And we thank Sweden and the People's Republic of China for their assistance in facilitating that transfer, he is now on his way to the United States and we expect him to arrive in the coming hours. What does, what, what are the motivations as far as you can see? Text from North Korea releasing. So I would not want to speculate on any motivation on the North Korean side and I don't know that I would wood would wood. Take from this is Harold some breakthrough and diplomatic relations. Obviously were pleased to have secured his return. We're very thankful for the government, Sweden for their work at the protecting power that they did to help facilitate his transfer back to the United States. I will restate is I said Miss put him before his as we have said, we are open to diplomacy with North Korea. We would welcome to policy with North Korea. They have always rejected that we tried to reach out to them. When Travis King first cross, the border into North Korea, we tried to reach out a number of occasions. They rejected our direct approaches and ended up talking to Sweden and sweet and talk to us and helped negotiate this transfer. But I would not see, this is the sign of some breakthrough. 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