'Pyongyang's inclination will be to sense the worst in King, believing him either to be a spy or a pawn of some malevolent covert U.S. strategy. Amid already poor relations with Washington, King is unlikely to be laughing much in Pyongyang.' -TomRtweets
Pvt. 2nd Class Travis King of the U.S. Army chose a particularly poor time to visit North Korea. King might have been facing strict military discipline back home. He might also have been able to evade his U.S. Army security escort. Still, he will struggle to evade or enjoy the North Korean security envelope within which he is now certainly enmeshed.
The concern is that this political backdrop may encourage Pyongyang to leverage King's suffering as a means of extracting U.S. concessions in return for his release.
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