2023-08-16 01:47:38
Updated Wednesday, August 16, 2023 – 01:47
According to the Asian dictatorship, Travis King confessed that he had resentments for the inhumane mistreatment and racial discrimination in the US army.
Travis King, the soldier who crossed the North Korean border. EMAsia North Korea assures that it is “investigating” the American soldier who crossed its border
An American soldier who ran across the North Korean border in July “admitted that he had trespassed“said Wednesday the North Korean state news agency KCNA.
This is the first public reaction of North Korea about the case of soldier Travis King, who according to the press is 23 years old.
“According to an investigation by a relevant DPRK body, Travis King admitted that he illegally entered the territory of the DPRK,” the KCNA news agency said, using the initials of North Korea’s official name.
“During the investigation, Travis King confessed that he had decided to come to the DPRK (People’s Republic of North Korea) because he had resentments for the inhumane abuse and racial discrimination within the US military,” he added.
King must return to USA and face disciplinary action, after being involved in a bar fight, getting into an altercation with police and spending a brief time in jail in South Korea.
But instead of getting on a plane to the United States, he ran away, joined a sightseeing tour of the Demilitarized Zone who divided the Korean peninsula and fled across the border.
King “became under the control of soldiers of the Korean People’s Army,” said the state news agency, confirming for the first time the arrest of the soldier in that country.
“He also expressed his willingness to seek refuge in the DPRK or a third country, saying that he was disillusioned with the unequal American society,” KCNA added.
The United States does not have any formal diplomatic ties with North Korea and, since the country closed its borders at the beginning of the pandemic, most embassies with a presence in Pyongyang They withdrew their diplomats.
This month, the United Nations Command said that North Korea was “responding” to attempts to discuss the case. The head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, confirmed that contact had been established with Pyongyang, but that they did not know what the situation was. of the soldier
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