U.S. soldier detained in North Korea could be released quickly – but not everyone is so lucky

Open this photo in gallery: A traffic sign is seen on the Grand Unification Bridge which leads to the truce village Panmunjom, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, on July 19.KIM HONG-JI/Reuters At 11 p.m. on January 4, 1965, U.S. Army Sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins set out on a patrol of the demilitarized zone separating South Korea from its totalitarian neighbour to the north. None of his men seemed to notice that Mr. Jenkins was almost quivering with fear, and dead drunk. Fearing being sent to Vietnam, Mr. Jenkins planned to desert, and had…