{"id":2002307,"date":"2023-08-16T10:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T14:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-confirms-custody-of-u-s-soldier-travis-king\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T10:49:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T14:49:26","slug":"north-korea-confirms-custody-of-u-s-soldier-travis-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-confirms-custody-of-u-s-soldier-travis-king\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea holds U.S. soldier Travis King."},"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\">14<\/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-custody-of-u-s-soldier-travis-king%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=2002307&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A portrait of American soldier Travis King is displayed as his grandfather, Carl Gates, \u200ctalks\u2063 about his grandson on\u2064 July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wis. North Korea asserted\u200c Wednesday, \u200dAug. 15, 2023, that Gates, a\u2063 U.S. soldier who bolted \u200binto the North across the heavily\u200b armed Korean border last month, \u2063did\u200d so after \u2063being disillusioned with \u200bthe\u200d inequality of \u200dAmerican \u200dsociety and racial discrimination in its Army.\u200b  (AP Photo\/Morry Gash, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/geraldyn-berry\">Geraldyn Berry<\/a><br \/>7:44 \u2062AM\u2064 \u2013 Wednesday, August 16, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. \u2063army\u2064 soldier who crossed the border in \u200bJuly had \u201cexpressed his\u2064 willingness to seek refuge\u201d\u200b in the covert nation, according to North Korea\u2019s statement on \u2064Wednesday, grown weary of American civilization, the\u2064 communist state said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Using the initials DPRK, \u200cthe\u200b Democratic People\u2019s Republic of\u2064 Korea, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-leaves-china-empty-handed-after-days-of-climate-discussions\/\" title=\"John Kerry's Climate Talks in China End Without Results\">state-run media\u2063 outlet<\/a> in North Korea,\u200c KCNA, had asserted\u2062 in a statement released Wednesday local time that \u2063\u201cTravis King admitted that he illegally intruded\u2064 into the territory of the DPRK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to\u2063 American officials,\u2064 Pvt. Travis King, \u206223, was on\u2063 deployment\u200d in\u200c South \u200cKorea and \u2063was\u200d detained \u2062for 47 days following a dispute\u200b with locals. He scheduled a\u200d tour of the Demilitarized Zone after being freed \u2062and fled across the border while on the trip on July \u200c18<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>KCNA said \u200bKing \u201cconfessed that he had decided to come\u200b over to the DPRK \u200cas he harbored ill\u2062 feeling against \u2062inhuman maltreatment\u200c and\u2064 racial discrimination\u2064 within the U.S. Army.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Col. Martin Meiners, a spokesman for the\u200b Department of \u2063Defense, said that American authorities were unable \u200bto quickly \u200bconfirm \u200dKing\u2019s\u2063 remarks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe remain focused on his\u200c safe return,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Department\u2019s\u2064 priority is\u2064 to bring Private King\u2062 home, and that we are working\u200d through all available\u200c channels to achieve that outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed!\u200d Receive breaking \u2063news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A\u2062 growing number of Republicans \u200cand Democrats are coming out and \u2064criticizing President Joe Biden\u2019s handling of major\u2063 issues while he continues to promote\u2064 \u2018Bidenomics\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This\u2062 week \u200c\u2013 headlines are\u200b dominated by the\u200d 4th Trump \u2064Indictment, Maui Wildfires, and a more than interesting performance by\u200c 2024 presidential hopeful Vivek\u200c Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Trump \u2063promises an Irrefutable Report, while \u200bBrian Kemp says Georgia\u2019s Election are secure. \u2064 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The 45th president has been indicted for \u200dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vandals-hit-san-fran-wine-shop-owned-by-gavin-newsom-for-the-4th-time-in-2021\/\" title=\"Vandals Hit San Fran Wine Shop Owned By Gavin Newsom For The 4th Time In 2021\">4th time<\/a> this year, as anticipated. Trump denies any wrongdoing in Georgia and\u200c has teased a \u2064forthcoming\u200b report that he claims will\u2063 lead to new charges being dropped and result in his\u2062 \u2018complete \u200bexoneration.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Sheila Dang (Reuters) \u2013 Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, delayed access to links\u200c to content\u200d on the Reuters\u2026 \u2062 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Felix\u2062 Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) \u2013 Google plans to train 20,000 Nigerian \u200dwomen and \u200byouth in\u200c digital skills and provide\u200c a grant\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Patrick\u200d Wingrove \u2063(Reuters) \u2013 Amazon.com said on\u200c Tuesday its \u2064online pharmacy \u2064will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-confirms-custody-of-u-s-soldier-travis-king\/\" title=\"North Korea holds U.S. soldier Travis King.\">automatically \u2064apply manufacturer-sponsored\u200d coupons<\/a> to \u2063more than 15 insulin\u2026 \u200c <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Christopher Bing and Raphael\u200b Satter WASHINGTON \u2064(Reuters) -Republican U.S. Representative Don Bacon late on\u2064 Monday said the \u2062FBI\u2064 had warned him\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Kenosha, Wis., on July 19, 2023, Carl Gates discusses his grandson Travis King while a portrait of the American soldier is exhibited. North Korea claimed on Aug. 15, 2023, that Gates, a disillusioned U.S. soldier, crossed the heavily armed Korean border into the North last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1755,"featured_media":2002308,"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":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"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\/2002307","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\/1755"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}