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US Soldier Defected to N. Korea Seeking Refugee in Pyongyang, Third Country - State Media
US Soldier Defected to N. Korea Seeking Refugee in Pyongyang, Third Country - State Media
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US army private Travis King, defected to North Korea in mid-June, confessed he did so due to "inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army," the KCNA reports read.
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King admitted that he illegally intruded into the territory of North Korea and confessed that he had decided to seek refugee in North Korea or another third country as "he harbored ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army," the reports read. The US Defense Department has said King entered North Korea on his own volition and without authorization.North Korea has been communicating on the matter through the UN Command. King had received multiple disciplinary infractions from the military before fleeing to North Korea, including for assaulting a Korean national, according to US media reports. King was set to face further administrative action upon returning to the US, the reports said.
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US Soldier Defected to N. Korea Seeking Refugee in Pyongyang, Third Country - State Media
01:08 GMT 16.08.2023 (Updated: 13:37 GMT 18.09.2023) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US army private Travis King, who crossed the border from South Korea to North Korea in mid-June, intruded illegally in seek of refugee in North Korea or another third country as he was "disillusioned at the unequal American society," the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Wednesday, citing an investigation.
King admitted that he illegally intruded into the territory of North Korea and confessed that he had decided to seek refugee in North Korea or another third country as "he harbored ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army," the reports read.
The US Defense Department has said King entered North Korea on his own volition and without authorization.
“The Department’s priority is to bring Private King home, and that we are working through all available channels to achieve that outcome," a US defense official said as quoted by US media.
North Korea has been communicating on the matter
through the UN Command.
King had received multiple disciplinary infractions from the military before fleeing to North Korea, including for assaulting a Korean national, according to US media reports. King was set to face further administrative action upon returning to the US, the reports said.
"(H)e had assaulted an individual in South Korea and had been in custody of the South Korean government and was going to come back to the United States to face the consequences in the Army. And I’m sure that he was grappling with that," Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said as quoted by US media.
The soldier illegally intruded into the territory of North Korea on July 18 in the joint security area of Panmunjom and was detained by soldiers of the Korean People's Army, the report said.
