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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has secured the release of a U.S. soldier who sprinted across a heavily fortified border into North Korea more than two months ago, and he

The U.S. secured the release of a U.S. soldier who sprinted across a heavily fortified border into North Korea more than two months ago, and he is on his way back to America, officials said Wednesday. U.S. ally Sweden and rival China helped with the transfer.

An American soldier who had been detained in North Korea for two months is now in US custody. The US State Department says no concessions were made to secure the release of Travis King. His mother says she is "forever grateful" for the efforts to free her son.

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(TNS) U.S. soldier Travis King, who entered North Korea without permission in July, has been expelled from the country and is in U.S. custody, American officials say.