North Korea ‘responds’ to UN efforts to discuss detained American soldier Travis King

NORTH KOREA HAS "responded" to efforts by the United Nations Command to discuss American soldier Travis King, who ran across the border into North Korea last month and is believed to be detained by Pyongyang, the Command said today. The US-led multinational force, which oversees the Korean War truce, said in a statement that Pyongyang's military "has responded to the United Nations Command with regards to Private King". "In order not to interfere with our efforts to get him home, we will not go into details at this time," it added. The latest announcement comes more than a week after…