{"id":2002612,"date":"2023-08-16T15:01:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T19:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-publicly-acknowledges-status-of-detained-us-solider-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T15:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T19:03:05","slug":"north-korea-publicly-acknowledges-status-of-detained-us-solider-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-publicly-acknowledges-status-of-detained-us-solider-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea finally admits detention of US soldier."},"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\">16<\/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-publicly-acknowledges-status-of-detained-us-solider-for-first-time%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=2002612&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 Publicly Acknowledges Status of Detained US Soldier for First Time<\/h2>\n<p>On Wednesday, North Korea made its first acknowledgment that a U.S. soldier had fled South \u200dKorea and crossed into North Korea last month.<\/p>\n<p>Army\u200d Private 2nd Class Travis King <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/eyewitnesses-recount-moments-leading-us-soldier-sprinting-north-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dashed<\/a> into North Korea\u2063 last month after slipping away from \u200ca \u200cflight that was \u2062supposed to \u2063take him back to the U.S. for punishment related to an infraction that had landed him in a South Korean jail. He\u200b found his way into a tour group at the airport that was headed to the border of the two countries. Once there, \u200che ran into North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the investigation, Travis King confessed that he had decided to come over to \u2062the DPRK as he harbored ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the U.S. Army,\u201d North \u2063Korea\u2019s official\u2063 KCNA news agency \u2064reported, according\u200c to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-66517280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>. The agency \u2063used the acronym for the\u200b Democratic People\u2019s Republic \u200bof Korea, the official name\u2062 of North\u200d Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe also expressed \u200chis willingness to seek\u2063 refuge in the DPRK or a third\u200c country, saying that he was disillusioned at the unequal American society,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKing admitted to \u2018illegally\u2019 intruding into the North,\u201d \u200bKCNA said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/08\/15\/travis-king-north-korea-status\/?fbclid=IwAR2Dk8IDhDvDQZpsu-U99SrnOUezw_ZbXbLRp1L0KKQOHw7Tgw083AGKV5k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington \u2064Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not provide any details \u2063about \u200cKing\u2019s health or\u2063 detention. King is \u200cthe first American to be held\u2063 in North Korea in \u2062nearly five years.<\/p>\n<p>The Defense Department said it\u200d was unable to verify the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain focused on \u200bhis safe return,\u201d Pentagon representative Martin Meiners said.<\/p>\n<h3>Should the U.S. try\u200d to make a deal to get this\u200d soldier back?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Analysts said the North Korean statement is part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-soldier-captured-north-korea-recent-discipline-issues-reportedly-made-strange-noise-apprehended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wider war of words<\/a> between North \u2064Korea and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorth Korea will likely highlight racism in the United States and use it as a means to counter the United States\u2019 criticism of North Korea\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pressure-grows-on-biden-to-act-on-crisis-in-tibet\/\" title=\"Pressure Grows on Biden to Act on Crisis in Tibet\">human rights situation<\/a>, rather\u200c than engaging in negotiations with the U.S.,\u201d said Lim Eul-chul, a professor of North Korean studies \u2062at South Korea\u2019s Kyungnam University, according \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/travis-king-case-highlights-north-koreas-long-complicated-history-citing-us-2023-08-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Minyoung Lee of the Stimson Center said North Korea\u2064 tries to undercut American efforts on human rights by shining a spotlight on America\u2019s flaws.<\/p>\n<p>For example, North Korea\u2019s foreign ministry included racism in its summary of America\u2019s ills while railing against a U.S.-sponsored meeting on\u200d Thursday to focus on human rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot content with conniving at and fostering racial\u2063 discrimination, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-democrat-senator-dashes-his-partys-push-for-gun-control-by-opposing-recently-passed-house-bills\/\" title=\"Top Democrat Senator Dashes His Party\u2019s Push For Gun Control By Opposing Recently Passed House Bills\">gun-related crimes<\/a>, child\u2063 maltreatment and forced labor rampant \u2062in its\u200b society, the \u200cU.S. has\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-publicly-acknowledges-status-of-detained-us-solider-for-first-time\/\" title=\"North Korea finally admits detention of US soldier.\">imposed\u2064 unethical human rights standards<\/a> on other countries and fomented\u200d internal unrest and confusion,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mom-us-soldier-north-korean-custody-speaks-details-emerge-cant-see-travis-anything-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Claudine Gates<\/a>,\u2063 King\u2019s mother, and her brother,\u200c Myron Gates, \u2064King\u2064 was struggling\u2064 to cope with \u200dlife in South Korea in \u2063the\u200c months before\u2063 he\u200d fled to North Korea, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/mother-us-soldier-detained-north-korea-life-transformed\/story?id=101974957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both of King\u2019s \u2063relatives \u200csaid they did not put credence in reports King had \u200dbeen \u2062drunk because \u200che usually\u2064 shunned alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>They said King sent them\u2064 links\u2063 to songs on YouTube links in a type of code to tell them he was in a \u201cdark place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he first went to Korea,\u2064 he was sending pictures home, and he was just so happy. And then, as time went on, he just started fading away. I didn\u2019t hear from him anymore,\u201d Claudine Gates said.<\/p>\n<p>She said one \u200dnight she received a call from King who \u200bscreamed over the phone, \u201cI\u2019m not the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/country-singer-steps-america-re-enlists-army-reserves-59-true-privilege-honor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Army<\/a> soldier you want me to be\u201d before hanging up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he\u2019s in North Korea, his life is at \u200bjeopardy. All day, every day.\u200b We don\u2019t know how he\u2019s being treated. We don\u2019t know if he\u2019s eaten. We don\u2019t know if he\u2019s being tortured. We don\u2019t know if he\u2019s being interrogated. We don\u2019t know anything,\u201d \u200dMyron Gates said.<\/p>\n<p>Claudine Gates said life changed in an instant when her \u200bson went to North \u2062Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a very, very happy person. And now, I just \u200bworry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease, please send my valentine \u2064back home to me. I miss him so\u200d much,\u201d she pleaded\u2064 to North Korea. \u201cI just want to hear his voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post \u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/north-korea-publicly-acknowledges-status-detained-us-solider-first-time\/\">North Korea Publicly Acknowledges Status of Detained US Solider for First Time<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, North Korea admitted that a U.S. soldier, Army Private 2nd Class Travis King, had escaped to their territory last month. 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