{"id":145948,"date":"2023-08-16T09:31:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=145948"},"modified":"2023-08-16T09:31:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:31:35","slug":"north-korea-us-soldier-fled-mistreatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=145948","title":{"rendered":"North Korea: US Soldier Fled Mistreatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPropaganda Windfall<\/em><\/p>\n

US Army Private Travis King was facing an administrative separation from the service upon his return from South Korea.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old cavalry scout was stationed there with the 1st Armored Division. He was arrested in 2022 October following an altercation with two South Koreans. He also damaged a police patrol car.<\/p>\n

King pleaded guilty to assault and destruction of public goods and was fined by the Seoul Western District Court. King had been held on assault charges and was being sent back to Fort Bliss, Texas.<\/p>\n

According to officials he was taken to the airport and escorted as far as customs. Instead of boarding his aircraft he left the airport and joined a tour of Panmunjom. King then bolted across the border.<\/p>\n

US soldier bolted after \u2018mistreatment\u2019 in the Army, North Korea says<\/h3>\n

By Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press<\/strong><\/p>\n

SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korea asserted Wednesday that a U.S. soldier who bolted into the North across the heavily armed Korean border last month did so after being disillusioned with the inequality of American society and racial discrimination in its Army.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s North Korea\u2019s first official confirmation of the detention of Private 2nd Class Travis King, who entered the North while on a tour of a Korean border village on July 18. He became the first American detained in the North in nearly five years.<\/p>\n

The North Korean official news agency, KCNA, said King told investigators that he had decided to enter North Korea because he \u201charbored ill feeling against inhuman mistreatment and racial discrimination within the U.S. Army.\u201d<\/p>\n

The soldier who crossed the North Korean border Tuesday had previously been arrested in South Korea for getting into a fight with two South Korean nationals, and for damaging a police car, Army Times has learned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n

PV2 King is doubtless enjoying the good will and bonhomie afforded to guests of The Hermit Kingdom, and here’s yet another opportunity to excel for Joe’s Handlers on the international stage. They’re doubtless negotiating his triumphant return. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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