{"id":1977189,"date":"2023-07-19T10:50:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mom-of-us-soldier-in-north-korean-custody-speaks-out-as-more-details-emerge-i-cant-see-travis-doing-anything-like-that\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T10:51:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:51:57","slug":"mom-of-us-soldier-in-north-korean-custody-speaks-out-as-more-details-emerge-i-cant-see-travis-doing-anything-like-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mom-of-us-soldier-in-north-korean-custody-speaks-out-as-more-details-emerge-i-cant-see-travis-doing-anything-like-that\/","title":{"rendered":"US Soldier&#8217;s Mom Doubts His Involvement in North Korean Incident"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmom-of-us-soldier-in-north-korean-custody-speaks-out-as-more-details-emerge-i-cant-see-travis-doing-anything-like-that%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=1977189&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--><h2>Mom\u200b of US\u2063 Soldier\u2062 in North \u200cKorean Custody\u200b Speaks Out as More \u200bDetails Emerge: \u200b&#8217;I\u200c Can&#8217;t See Travis Doing Anything Like\u200b That&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>As Army Private \u2064Travis\u2064 King\u2019s motives\u200c are\u200c being analyzed after\u200c he\u200c dashed into North Korea on Tuesday, his mother is mystified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t \u2063see Travis doing\u200b anything like that,\u201d\u200d Claudine Gates said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/us-national-north-korean-custody-after-crossing-dmz\/story?id=101397053\" target=\"_blank\"\u2063 rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gates said she last heard from King \u201ca few\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fake-kamala-got-loomered-laura-loomer-catches-kamala-harris-body-double-at-palm-beach-polling-place-video-photos\/\" title=\"FAKE KAMALA GOT LOOMERED! --Laura Loomer Catches Kamala Harris BODY DOUBLE at Palm Beach Polling Place! (VIDEO -PHOTOS)\">days ago<\/a>,\u201d\u200c when he told \u2062her \u200che was\u2064 returning from \u2063South\u200b Korea\u200c to\u200d Fort Bliss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m\u200c so proud of him. I just \u2064want him\u2063 to come home, come back\u2062 to\u2064 America,\u201d \u200dGates said,\u200c according to \u2062<a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.wisn.com\/article\/us-soldier-with-racine-connection-detained-north-korea\/44581890?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot\" target=\"_blank\" \u2063rel=\"noopener\">WISN-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Photo of Travis\u2063 King, \u2064the U.S. soldier who crossed \u2064into North Korea<a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JJzuxHUMRC\">https:\/\/t.co\/JJzuxHUMRC<\/a> <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WOn2UDH4Mt\">pic.twitter.com\/WOn2UDH4Mt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve\u200c Lookner \u200d(@lookner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookner\/status\/1681454159084519424?\">July\u200b 19,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>King \u201cwillfully and without authorization crossed\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-biden-wont-hold-direct-talks-with-kim-jong-un-experts-warn-china-will-take-over-korean-affairs-if-u-s-fails-to-open-direct-talks\/\" title=\"WH: Biden won\u2019t hold direct talks with Kim Jong Un, experts warn China will take over Korean affairs if U.S. fails to open direct talks\">military demarcation line<\/a>.\u200d We believe that he\u200b is in \u2063DPRK\u2062 custody,\u201d Defense \u2063Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday,\u2062 using \u2064the acronym for the\u200b official name of North Korea, the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea, according to\u2062 ABC.<\/h3>\n<p>King, \u200b23, who\u2063 has \u2063been with the Army\u2064 since \u200dJanuary 2021, has a past \u200bthat includes a\u200d run-in\u2064 with <a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-south-korea-scrambles-fighter-jets-fires-off-shot-dmz-crossed\/\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Korean<\/a> authorities.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/border-north-korea-travis-king-us-soldier-rcna95034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>,\u200c he was\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mom-of-us-soldier-in-north-korean-custody-speaks-out-as-more-details-emerge-i-cant-see-travis-doing-anything-like-that\/\" title=\"US Soldier's Mom Doubts His Involvement in North Korean Incident\">fined 5 million won<\/a>\u200b ($3,950) by \u200ca South Korean court. He had\u200b been accused of kicking and \u2063damaging a Seoul police car. At\u2064 the time, he \u2064refused to cooperate in\u2064 his\u200d arrest and shouted \u200bprofanities\u2064 about South\u2062 Koreans and the \u2064nation\u2019s\u200c army.<\/p>\n<p>King \u2064served 47 days \u200din\u200b prison and was \u200brecently \u200breleased, ABC reported.<\/p>\n<p>A\u2062 military \u2062escort brought \u2062King\u200b to the\u200d Incheon International Airport to fly \u200chome, where he would be separated from \u200bthe service, \u200da U.S. official \u200dsaid,\u200d NBC \u200dreported.<\/p>\n<p>Instead,\u2062 King found\u200b a\u2063 way\u2063 to\u2064 join a tour group\u200b going through the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/north-korea-takes-us-citizen-captive-demilitarized-zone-incident\/\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint \u200bSecurity Area<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Leslie, a New Zealand \u200dtourist, said\u2063 that\u2063 as the group finished \u2062its tour of\u2064 the truce village of\u2064 Panmunjom, King\u200c acted.<\/p>\n<p>She \u2064said\u200c she saw King \u201crunning what looked like\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-murder-of-mike-williams-conspiracy-betrayal-and-a-mother-who-never-gave-up\/\" title=\"The Murder Of Mike Williams: Conspiracy, Betrayal, And A Mother Who Never Gave Up\">full gas<\/a> towards \u200dthe\u200c North \u2064Korean side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody\u2064 was stunned and shocked,\u201d Leslie said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assumed\u200c initially he had a mate filming him in some kind\u2063 of really stupid prank\u200c or stunt,\u2063 like a TikTok, the most stupid thing you \u2062could \u2062do. But then I heard one of\u200d the soldiers shout, \u2018Get that guy,\u2019\u201d Leslie said, according to \u2062the <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-us-soldier-travis-king-tourist-witness-92f96befe0b2b8d2e7d016d645d21180\" target=\"_blank\" \u2064rel=\"noopener\">Associated \u200bPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leslie said a\u2062 U.S. soldier \u200c<a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-soldier-captured-north-korea-recent-discipline-issues-reportedly-made-strange-noise-apprehended\/\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued the\u2063 command<\/a> to\u200b stop King, but it was\u2062 too\u2062 late.<\/p>\n<p>She said King\u200d ran about 30 feet between buildings and then was in North Korean territory, \u200cwhere he vanished from\u2064 view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople couldn\u2019t\u200c really\u200d quite\u2063 believe what had happened,\u201d Leslie\u2063 said. \u200b\u201cQuite a \u2063few were really shocked. \u200cOnce \u2064we got on\u2064 the bus\u2062 and got \u2062out of there, we were all\u200d kind\u200c of staring \u200dat \u2062each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 post \u2064<a rel=\"nofollow\" \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mom-us-soldier-north-korean-custody-speaks-details-emerge-cant-see-travis-anything-like\/\">Mom of \u2064US Soldier in \u200bNorth \u2062Korean \u200dCustody Speaks Out\u200b as \u2063More\u200c Details Emerge: &#8216;I Can&#8217;t\u2064 See\u200c Travis Doing Anything Like That&#8217;<\/a> appeared \u2064first on\u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Army Private Travis King&#8217;s actions in North Korea are scrutinized, his mother, Claudine Gates, is perplexed. She expressed disbelief, stating, &#8220;I can&#8217;t imagine Travis doing something like that,&#8221; as reported by ABC. Gates mentioned that she received a message from King a few days ago, informing her of his return from South Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1977190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}