{"id":1977257,"date":"2023-07-19T11:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T15:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-soldier-in-north-korean-custody-was-facing-disciplinary-action-over-assault\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:00:30","slug":"american-soldier-in-north-korean-custody-was-facing-disciplinary-action-over-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-soldier-in-north-korean-custody-was-facing-disciplinary-action-over-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"US Soldier in North Korean Custody Faces Disciplinary Action for Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Famerican-soldier-in-north-korean-custody-was-facing-disciplinary-action-over-assault%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=1977257&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>The \u200cU.S. \u200dSoldier Detained\u200c in North\u200b Korea<\/h2>\n<p>The\u200b U.S. \u2062soldier currently detained\u200c in\u2062 <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/north-korea\" target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\">North\u2063 Korea<\/a>\u200d after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/american-in-north-korean-custody-after-crossing-dmz-during-tour\" target=\"_blank\" \u2064rel=\"noopener\">crossing into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-buy-american-clean-energy-conundrum\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s \u2018Buy American\u2019 Clean Energy Conundrum\">communist nation<\/a><\/a>\u200b at\u2062 the DMZ line \u200bwas\u200c facing\u200b <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> for \u2062alleged \u200dassault, according to military\u200c officials.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c soldier,\u200d identified\u2064 as 23-year-old\u200b Travis\u2063 King, \u2062willingly crossed \u2064the border\u2063 into North \u200bKorea,\u200c according\u200b to\u2064 Pentagon\u2064 officials. \u200cKing had reportedly \u2062been disciplined \u2063for\u200b assault \u2064in\u2064 South \u2064Korea and was facing \u2062further\u2063 disciplinary action in \u2062the \u2063U.S.<\/p>\n<p>King\u2062 was \u2064involved \u2062in at least \u200btwo \u2064separate episodes\u2064 where \u2063Korean\u200d police were brought in \u2063to intervene, including \u2063incidents\u200c in\u2064 September\u2063 and October\u200d 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b September,\u200d King\u200b had\u2063 a\u200c case settled \u2063after \u200dhe\u200d was accused\u2062 of punching \u2062a man\u2064 in the\u2063 face at a South \u2062Korean club. \u200bThe \u200bfollowing\u2062 month, he was\u2063 accused of\u200c acting \u2063aggressively toward \u200cpolice \u2062officers responding to a \u200dcall\u200c about a fight,\u200b court\u200c <a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/us-soldier-got-fights-damaged-police-car-before-dash-north-korea-court-docs-2023-07-19\/\"\u2062 target=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\">documents\u2063 obtained<\/a> \u2063by \u2063Reuters show.<\/p>\n<blockquote \u2062class=\"twitter-tweet\" \u2063data-width=\"500\" \u200ddata-dnt=\"true\"><p\u2064 lang=\"en\" \u2063dir=\"ltr\">Travis\u200b King \u200dgot into fights,\u2062 damaged \u2062police \u2064car before \u200brunning \u2063to North \u200bKorea <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OCV7IBO7q6\">https:\/\/t.co\/OCV7IBO7q6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2IhOfx8qx4\">pic.twitter.com\/2IhOfx8qx4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b New \u2064York Post\u2063 (@nypost) \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1681640742425448451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July \u206219, \u20622023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200bKorean\u200d court\u2062 said\u2063 that\u2063 King \u200cthen \u2064shouted\u2064 expletives aimed\u200d at\u2062 police and Koreans and \u200ddamaged \u2063the\u200b police\u2063 car\u200d when he\u2062 was\u200c taken\u200b in\u2062 for \u200dquestioning. \u2063In\u200b the aftermath,\u200c King reportedly\u200c paid\u200d to\u2063 repair the\u200d vehicle \u2062and \u200cwas \u200dfined $4,000 \u200dby \u2064the\u200d Seoul Western District\u200c Court in\u200b February \u2062after\u2064 he \u2064pleaded\u2064 guilty\u200b to assault \u200band \u2063destruction of public goods.<\/p>\n<p>He spent \u2063almost two \u2063months in \u2063detention \u200dfor \u200cthe\u200b assault \u200ccharge, \u200baccording\u2062 to \u200cThe Associated\u2062 Press. The news \u200bagency reported that he\u2064 had been released \u2063on July \u206310. \u200dOfficials\u200d have \u200bsaid that King was\u2062 going to be\u2064 sent back to America before he \u200ccrossed into\u2062 North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe\u200b he\u200b is currently \u200din \u200b[Democratic \u200dPeople\u2019s \u2064Republic \u200dof Korea]\u200c custody\u200c and\u2064 are\u2064 working\u200d with \u200dour \u2063[Korean \u2063People\u2019s\u2062 Army] counterparts to \u2064resolve this incident,\u201d\u2062 U.S. \u200cForces \u2064Korea\u2063 spokesperson\u2064 Col. \u200dIsaac\u2064 Taylor \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/18\/asia\/us-national-north-korea\/index.html\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, adding that \u2064the\u200c entry \u2062into North Korea was \u200bdone \u2062\u201cwillfully \u2062and\u200c without authorization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>One \u200bwitness\u200b <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/19\/travis-king-got-into-fights-damaged-police-car-before-defection\/\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u200b that\u200c King \u200bran \u2064across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-soldier-in-north-korean-custody-was-facing-disciplinary-action-over-assault\/\" title=\"US Soldier in North Korean Custody Faces Disciplinary Action for Assault\">border\u2064 yelling \u2064\u201cha-ha-ha<\/a>,\u201d according \u200bto \u2062The \u2064New York \u2064Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assumed \u2063initially he \u2062had \u200ba\u200d mate filming him \u200din some kind of\u2063 really stupid prank \u200bor stunt,\u200c like a TikTok, the \u200bmost\u200c stupid thing you could\u2064 do,\u201d\u200b a\u2062 New \u2063Zealand tourist \u200bnamed \u200bLeslie\u200b <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-us-soldier-travis-king-tourist-witness-92f96befe0b2b8d2e7d016d645d21180\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" \u2064rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the AP.\u2063 \u201cBut \u200dthen\u2064 I \u200dheard one\u200c of \u2064the\u200d soldiers\u2062 shout,\u200b \u2018Get that guy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d detention \u200ccomes \u2062just \u2064days\u200c after \u2063the \u200bU.S.\u2064 <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-korea-us-north-korea-nuclear-0c6a71344452d5b12420c13fd66a5a1f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sent<\/a> the \u200bUSS\u200b Kentucky \u2062to \u2062South Korea,\u2064 the \u2063first\u200c time a nuclear-armed \u2063submarine \u2062had been\u200d sent \u2063to the \u200barea \u2062in\u200c more \u200cthan 30 \u2063years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. soldier detained in North Korea crossed the DMZ line and faced disciplinary action for alleged assault. Identified as Travis King, the 23-year-old willingly entered North Korea, as confirmed by Pentagon officials. 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