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A state news agency reported that Travis King felt compelled to cross the Korean border last month partly because he “was disillusioned at the unequal American society.”
U.S. officials have expressed concern about his well-being and said previously that North Korea ignored requests for information about him.
North Korea apprehended Army Pvt. Travis King, 23, after he dashed into the country during a group tour of the heavily guarded Joint Security Area on July 18, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.
Pyongyang says a U.S. soldier who crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea last month is seeking refuge in the country or elsewhere, as state media referred to him for the first time.
The Pentagon cannot verify claims by North Korea that U.S. soldier Travis T. King willingly sought refuge in the north to escape "racial discrimination" in the U.S. Army. A senior defense official told Fox News Tuesday that the Pentagon has had no contact with Private King and does not know his current condition. King dashed