{"id":1977153,"date":"2023-07-19T10:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-soldier-who-ran-into-north-korea-was-about-to-be-sent-home-to-face-disciplinary-action\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T10:13:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:13:48","slug":"us-soldier-who-ran-into-north-korea-was-about-to-be-sent-home-to-face-disciplinary-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-soldier-who-ran-into-north-korea-was-about-to-be-sent-home-to-face-disciplinary-action\/","title":{"rendered":"US soldier who entered North Korea was about to be sent home for disciplinary action."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-soldier-who-ran-into-north-korea-was-about-to-be-sent-home-to-face-disciplinary-action%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977153&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n \u2062 <\/p>\n<h2>U.S. Soldier\u2064 Faces Assault\u2063 Allegations\u200c and \u200bCrosses \u2064into \u2062North \u200bKorea<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200c   \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Months before \u200che fled\u200b into North Korea, U.S.\u200b soldier\u2063 Travis King \u2062faced \u2063two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-one-in-six-biden-voters-would-have-changed-their-vote-if-they-had-known-about-scandals-suppressed-by-media\/\" title=\"Poll: One In Six Biden Voters Would Have Changed Their Vote If They Had Known About Scandals Suppressed By Media\">assault allegations<\/a> \u2064and\u200d was fined\u2063 by a South Korean \u2063court for damaging \u200ba police car, according to a \u2063court ruling\u2064 and \u200ba lawyer who represented \u200dhim.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d \u200c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military was scrambling\u200c to establish \u200cthe fate \u2063of\u2063 King, who made \u200ban unauthorized\u200b crossing of the inter-Korean border into\u200c North \u200cKorea\u2064 on\u2062 Tuesday,\u200b throwing \u2063Washington into\u2062 a new\u200b crisis \u2064in its \u2064dealing with\u2062 the nuclear-armed \u2063state.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>King&#8217;s motivations for\u2064 his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-soldier-who-ran-into-north-korea-was-about-to-be-sent-home-to-face-disciplinary-action\/\" title=\"US soldier who entered North Korea was about to be sent home for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-dont-want-the-truth-to-come-out-senate-democrats-file-ethics-complaint-against-senators-cruz-and-hawley-for-challenging-election-fraud\/\" title=\"They Don\u2019t Want the Truth to Come Out: Senate Democrats File Ethics Complaint Against Senators Cruz and Hawley for Challenging Election Fraud\">disciplinary action<\/a>.&#8221;>high-stakes \u2062gambit remain\u200b unclear<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials\u2062 said he \u200dhad finished serving time \u2063in \u2063detention in South Korea \u200cfor\u2064 an unspecified \u2063infraction and \u200bwas \u2062transported\u200c by\u200c the\u200d U.S. military \u200cto the airport to\u200c return\u2063 to \u200chis \u2062home unit\u2062 in the\u200c United States, \u200cwhen he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-is-not-a-biden-administration-priority-defense-experts-examine-bidens-focus-shifting\/\" title=\"\u2018Defense Is Not A Biden Administration Priority\u2019: Defense Experts Examine Biden\u2019s Focus Shifting\">apparently decided<\/a>\u200d to\u2064 join \u200ca tour to\u2062 the North Korean border.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>King \u2063pleaded \u200cguilty to assault \u2063and destruction of public\u2063 goods \u2063stemming\u200c from \u200ban October\u2063 incident, and\u200c on Feb. 8\u2064 the Seoul Western \u2062District \u2063Court fined him \u200d5\u200c million \u200bwon ($4,000), according \u2063to a copy of the \u2064ruling reviewed by \u2062Reuters.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Two\u2064 U.S. \u2062officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity,\u200c said the soldier had\u2062 been due to face \u2062disciplinary action by \u200cthe U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u200b <\/p>\n<p>Reuters\u200b was\u2064 not immediately\u2064 able to\u2063 ascertain\u2064 whether\u200c the disciplinary action \u2063was linked to \u200bhis conviction over damaging the\u200b police\u200c vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The Seoul court said\u2064 on September 25 \u200clast year\u2062 King \u2063punched a \u200cman\u200b in the face at\u200d a \u200bclub several\u2064 times\u2063 but\u200b the case was settled.<\/p>\n<p>Two \u200cweeks later,\u2064 on October \u200b8, \u200bpolice officers\u200c responded\u200c to a report\u2063 of another\u200d altercation involving King, and tried to\u200c question\u2063 him. He \u2064continued with his &#8220;aggressive behavior&#8221; without answering\u200b questions \u2064from\u2062 police,\u2062 according \u200bto\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-ordered-freed-without-bail-banned-from-d-c-until-june-court-date\/\" title=\"Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Ordered Freed Without Bail; Banned From D.C. Until June Court Date\">court document<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  <\/p>\n<p>Police\u2064 placed \u2062him in\u200c the backseat of\u200d their\u2064 patrol car where he shouted \u2062expletives \u2064and \u2063insults against Koreans,\u2063 the Korean\u200b Army,\u2064 and \u2063the Korean police, \u200bthe ruling said. During his tirade, \u2064he\u2063 kicked\u2062 the vehicle&#8217;s\u2062 door several \u2064times, \u200ccausing about 584,000 won \u2062in\u2063 damages,\u2062 the\u2063 ruling said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064court said \u2062the \u2064defendant had admitted\u2063 to \u2063the \u200bcharges, had\u2064 no previous \u2063criminal \u2063record, \u2063and\u200b paid 1 million won to fix the vehicle, \u2064citing reasons\u2063 in\u200d favor\u200c of \u2063him in\u2062 the \u2063sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>A\u2063 spokesman for U.S. Forces \u200bKorea \u200ddeclined to confirm\u2062 whether King \u2064had been in South \u200bKorean or\u200b U.S. military \u2062detention.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c\u200b <\/p>\n<p>One\u2063 of \u200bthe lawyers \u2063who represented \u200dhim \u200dat \u2064the \u200btime\u200b told Reuters\u2062 King \u200bhad \u200bspent \u200dtime \u200cin U.S. military detention in\u2062 Pyeongtaek since the\u2064 October\u200d case.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>The\u200d lawyer, who declined to be named due to \u2062the sensitivity of\u2062 the matter, said \u2064he was \u200dunaware\u2063 of\u200d the status\u200d of \u200bKing&#8217;s custody or whereabouts after February.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>King&#8217;s other \u200dlawyers listed in court \u200cdocuments were \u200cnot immediately available \u200dfor\u2062 comment.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>King&#8217;s\u200b mother,\u2064 Claudine Gates, \u2062told ABC News\u2064 she\u2064 was shocked at \u2063the news\u200d her\u2062 son \u2063had crossed \u2064into North\u2064 Korea.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>(Reporting \u2064by Ju-min Park; \u2063Editing by \u200cJosh\u200c Smith\u2062 and \u200cLincoln Feast.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Months prior to his escape to North Korea, U.S. soldier Travis King encountered two assault charges and was fined by a South Korean court for vandalizing a police vehicle. 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