The US soldier who ran across the border from South to North Korea last year was sentenced Friday to one year in confinement and dishonorable discharge after pleading guilty to charges of desertion and assault.
Pvt. Travis King pleaded guilty at a court martial in Fort Bliss, Texas, to one count – or specification – of desertion, one count of assault on a noncommissioned officer and three counts of disobeying a superior commissioned officer, according to a statement from the US Army Office of Special Trial Counsel. King was also reduced in rank to an E1, the lowest enlisted rank as well as forfeiture of pay and allowances.
King’s case was taken over by the Army’s Office of Special Trial Counsel in July, a spokesperson for the office, Michelle McCaskill, previously told CNN. Military officials previously said that in July 2023 King “willfully and without authorization” crossed into North Korea shortly after he was released from a detention facility in South Korea.
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