North Korea silent about fate of US soldier who crossed border

The US soldier crossed into North Korea during a tour in the border village of Panmunjom (Ahn Young-joon/AP)

North Korea remains silent about the highly unusual entry of an American soldier across its heavily fortified border with South Korea, but has test-fired short-range missiles in its latest weapons display.

Nearly a day after the soldier bolted into North Korea during a tour in the border village of Panmunjom, there was no word on the fate of Private 2nd Class Travis King, the first known American detained in the North in nearly five years.