The mother of an American soldier being held in North Korea has appealed for her son to come home.
Claudine Gates told US network ABC News that she was "shocked" when Army officials told her on Tuesday that her son had fled.
Private Travis King crossed the border while on a tour of the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.
Pyongyang has not commented on the incident so far.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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