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The United States says that it does not see any breakthrough with North Korea over the return of a US soldier, seeing the episode as isolated. "I would not see this as a sign of some breakthrough. I think it's a one-off," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The US State Department thanks Beijing for allowing detained US soldier Travis King to leave North Korea through Chinese territory. "We thank Sweden and the People's Republic of China for their assistance in facilitating that transfer," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller says that the return of American soldier Travis King, who is held by North Korea, "continues to be an extremely high priority" for the United States. SOUNDBITE
People visit the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on 76th Founding Anniversary of DPRK in Pyongyang. IMAGES
Mourners in Tel Aviv attend the funeral of Israeli soldier Kiril Brodski after the army retrieved his remains from Gaza Strip following an operation, along with other four Israelis. The five had previously been announced dead, and the military and an Israeli campaign group, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, said that they all had been killed by Palestinian militants on the day of the attack on October 7. IMAGES