Topic: Charles Jenkins

Today is Sunday, Aug. 22, the 235th day of 2004 with 131 to follow.

The United States still wants accused deserter Charles Jenkins and will seek custody of him at an appropriate time, the U.S. State Department said Friday.

The U.S. military suspects alleged U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins assisted North Korea in the 1968 seizure of a U.S. ship, a Japanese daily said Friday.

A former U.S. army sergeant accused of deserting his troop is expected to meet with a U.S. military lawyer this week, Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun said Monday.

Japananese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said Sunday she's confident the case of U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins could be resolved.

U.S. authorities have charged a soldier with deserting to North Korea in 1965, Mainichi Shimbun reported Saturday.

The United States might delay requesting custody of an alleged U.S. Army deserter now being medically treated in Japan, the U.S. State Department said Monday.

Charles Robert Jenkins, the husband of Japanese abduction victim Hitomi Soga, arrived in Tokyo Sunday and was immediately hospitalized.

The former U.S. soldier who spent nearly 40 years in North Korea after defecting there will arrive in Japan Sunday, a senior Japanese official said Friday. Charles Jenkins, who is accused of deserting his troop in 1965 in order to avoid being drafted t

The United States will ask Japan for custody of accused Army deserter Charles Jenkins at the appropriate time, the State Department said Thursday.