North Korea has concluded that U.S. soldier Travis King wants refuge there or elsewhere because of 'inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination' in the U.S. and the military, state media said on Wednesday.
wants refuge there or elsewhere because of "inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination" in the U.S. and the military, state media said on Wednesday.on July 18 while on a civilian tour of the Joint Security Area on the heavily fortified border between the neighbours.
"During the investigation, Travis King confessed that he had decided to come over to the DPRK as he harbored ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the U.S. Army," KCNA said, using the North's official name. In August, King's uncle, Myron Gates, told ABC News 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.U.S. officials have said the North had not provided substantive responses to requests for information on King.
U.S. Army soldier Travis King appears in this unknown location, undated photo obtained by REUTERS /File Photo"Ms. Gates is aware of today’s 'report' from KCNA," the spokesperson, Jonathan Franks said in a statement, referring to King's mother.
Tae Yong-ho, a former North Korean diplomat and now a South Korean lawmaker, said state media's description of King as an "illegal intruder" rather than voluntary defector, as well as its mention of a third country, could suggest that North Korea might not be willing to hold him for long.
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