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The US soldier who ran across the border into North Korea last month "admitted that he illegally intruded," Pyongyang's state news agency KCNA said Wednesday, citing an investigation.

Pvt. 2nd Class Travis King, 23, crossed the Demilitarized Zone, the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea in July.

North Korea said Tuesday that Travis King, the private who bolted across the military demarcation line with South Korea in July, had confessed to defecting because of "inhuman" treatment in the U.S. Army.

North Korea's acknowledgment Tuesday that it is holding runaway Army Pvt. Travis King has raised fresh questions about the unusual case.

SEOUL (Aug 16): The US soldier who ran across the border into North Korea last month "admitted that he illegally intruded," Pyongyang's state news agency KCNA said Wednesday, citing an investigation. The report is the first public comment from North Korea on the case of Travis King, who was headi

North Korea has concluded that U.S. soldier Travis King wants refuge there or elsewhere because of \

SEOUL: Travis King defected to North Korea to escape mistreatment and racial discrimination in the US Army, the countrys state media said on Wednesday, Pyongyangs first official confirmation that they were holding the American soldier.

In its first public comments on the issue, Pyongyang said Travis King had grown “disillusioned” with America’s unequal society.

The 23-year-old private is believed to be the first American soldier to enter the secretive dictatorship since 1982 after crossing the DMZ while on a civilian tour

North Korea has concluded that U.S. soldier Travis King wants refuge there or elsewhere because of \