American officials say they have not been able to gain clarity on Army Private Travis King location or condition — and even the circumstances that led him to cross the border into North Korea remain a mystery.
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He was originally supposed to fly out of Seoul after being taken to the airport on Monday, officials have said. Back in Texas, he was set to face a "pending administrative separation actions for foreign conviction," one U.S. official has said. He had been in detention for more than a month after an altercation with locals, according to an official.
One U.S. official said that after King entered North Korea, he was immediately taken away in a van. But the Pentagon says they see no reason to suspect the soldier pre-planned his crossing with the North Korean government. But those asks continue to go unanswered -- illustrating just how much communication between the countries has deteriorated under the Biden administration.
A group of tourists stand near a border station at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, July 18, 2023. Not long after this photo was taken, Travis King, a U.S. soldier, bolted across the border and became the first known American detained in the North in nearly five years.
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