WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Sept 27 — Private Travis King, the US soldier who ran into North Korea in July, is in US custody after being expelled by North Korea into China, US officials...
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Sept 27 — Private Travis King, the US soldier who ran into North Korea in July, is in US custody after being expelled by North Korea into China, US officials today.
The expulsion decision was contained in the final results of an investigation into King's July border crossing published by KCNA. Last month it reported interim findings that he wanted refuge in North Korea or elsewhere because of maltreatment and racial discrimination within the army. King, an army private, made a sudden dash into North Korea from the South on July 18 while on a civilian tour of the Joint Security Area on the heavily fortified border between the neighbours.
King's uncle, Myron Gates, told ABC News in August that his nephew, who is Black, was experiencing racism during his military deployment, and that after he spent time in a South Korean jail, he did not sound like himself.
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