{"id":2002031,"date":"2023-08-16T01:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T05:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-confirms-us-army-private-is-in-country-and-shares-alleged-reason-he-entered\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T01:57:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T05:57:51","slug":"north-korea-confirms-us-army-private-is-in-country-and-shares-alleged-reason-he-entered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-confirms-us-army-private-is-in-country-and-shares-alleged-reason-he-entered\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea confirms US soldier&#8217;s presence, reveals alleged motive."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fnorth-korea-confirms-us-army-private-is-in-country-and-shares-alleged-reason-he-entered%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=2002031&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>North Korea Confirms US Army Pvt. Travis\u200c King&#8217;s Decision to Cross\u200d Border<\/h2>\n<p>North \u2063Korea has released its first statement since United States Army Pvt. Travis King crossed over from South Korea into its territory, confirming what was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-china-wont-release-data-from-wuhan-lab\/\" title=\"White House: China Won't Release Data From Wuhan Lab\">long suspected<\/a> and \u200calleging why King made\u200c the much-questioned decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He \u2062confessed that he decided to come\u200c over to the DPRK, opposed \u2064to inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination in \u200dthe US army,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During its investigation,\u2063 North Korea claims, according to\u2064 the state-run Korean \u2064Central News\u200b Agency.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Saying he was disillusioned at the unequal American society, he expressed his\u2063 will to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-democrats-lose-historic-advantage-in-handling-education-ahead-of-midterms\/\" title=\"Poll: Democrats Lose Historic Advantage in Handling Education Ahead of Midterms\">seek political asylum<\/a> either in the DPRK or in a \u2063third country,&#8221; the \u200bstatement continued. &#8220;The investigation continues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It was July 18 \u2064when King bolted across the border while taking a tour of the demilitarized zone that separates \u2064the two Koreas. King, who has been a cavalry scout with\u2062 the Army since January 2021, was\u200c supposed to fly \u200dhome\u200b to \u2064the U.S. \u200cafter serving \u2064two months in a South Korean\u2062 prison \u200con assault\u2062 charges, but he didn\u2019t get on the flight, choosing \u200bto cross into North Korea, seemingly on his own volition.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea, well known for its hostile attitude and unresponsiveness \u2063toward the U.S., would not respond to American inquiries, though the United Nations did say\u200d it was \u200bcommunicating with the East Asian country about King&#8217;s status.<\/p>\n<p>The private&#8217;s action shocked many, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/edward-snowden-ponders-how-he-of-all-people-has-fewer-classified-docs-than-current-and-prior-administrations\/\" title=\"Edward Snowden Ponders How He of All People Has Fewer Classified Docs Than Current and Prior Administrations\">including military members<\/a> \u200dand King&#8217;s\u200d own family.\u2063 &#8220;&#8230; he&#8217;s not the type to just \u200cdisappear,&#8221; Jaqueda Gates, King&#8217;s sister, said on CNN earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Whether his \u200bcomments are \u200creal \u2062or not, King&#8217;s ostensible\u2064 willingness to run into\u2064 North Korea offers the country an opportunity to bolster its propaganda. For Kim Jong\u200b Un and company, their &#8220;truth&#8221; is clear, as evidenced by the statement released Tuesday: King preferred to\u200c be in North Korea than the U.S. or South\u200c Korea.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea \u200bsaid\u200c King &#8220;admitted that he illegally intruded \u200binto the territory of \u2064the DPRK.&#8221; What this \u200dmeans \u2062for King&#8217;s\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-confirms-us-army-private-is-in-country-and-shares-alleged-reason-he-entered\/\" title=\"North Korea confirms US soldier's presence, reveals alleged motive.\">future remains unclear<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions are high on the\u200c Korean Peninsula as the U.S.-South Korea joint exercise \u201cUlchi Freedom Shield\u201d begins next week.\u200d Kim denounces the annual exercises as &#8220;war games,&#8221; but the\u200c U.S. \u2063insists they are purely defensive.<\/p>\n<p>The North Korean \u200bleader has ordered a ramp-up of the production\u2062 of tactical missiles\u200d to prepare his \u2063country for war. Since the beginning of last year, North Korea has conducted more than 100 missile tests, and the U.S. is \u200dbracing for more during this month\u2019s U.S.-South \u2063Korean exercise.<\/p>\n<h3>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea&#8217;s recent statement confirms suspicions about US Army Pvt. Travis King&#8217;s crossing into their territory from South Korea. The investigation reveals that King confessed to choosing DPRK over inhumane conditions. 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