Defense

Soldier Travis King in US custody after being ‘expelled’ from North Korea

By Mike Brest
Published September 27, 2023 3:34pm ET
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Soldier Travis King in US custody after being ‘expelled’ from North Korea
A group of tourists stand near a border station at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Not long after this photo was taken, Travis King, a U.S. soldier, pictured with a dark blue shirt and dark cap, fourth left, bolted across the border and became the first known American detained in the North in nearly five years.

A U.S. soldier who crossed the demarcation line from South Korea into North Korea in July is back in U.S. custody after being expelled from the hermit kingdom.

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