The US soldier who illegally ran into North Korea expressed willingness to seek refuge in DPRK or a third country after facing racial discrimination in the US Army and being disillusioned by American society, KCNA says.
King's family said he may have felt overwhelmed as he faced legal troubles and his possible looming discharge from the military. / Photo: AP
The US soldier who ran across the border into North Korea last month"admitted that he illegally intruded," Pyongyang's state news agency KCNA has said, citing an investigation. The report on Wednesday is the first public comment by North Korea on the case of Travis King, who was heading back to Texas after a run-in with South Korean police when he snuck away to join a tourist trip to the Demilitarised Zone.
"During the investigation, Travis King confessed that he had decided to come over to the DPRK as he harboured ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army," KCNA said. "He also expressed his willingness to seek refuge in the DPRK or a third country, saying that he was disillusioned at the unequal American society."
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