The report in state-run media KCNA is the first time the isolated country has remarked at length on the American soldier who crossed into North Korea last month.
KCNA said King"confessed that he had decided to come over to the DPRK as he harbored ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the U.S. Army."
"Ms. Gates is aware of today’s 'report' from KCNA. DPRK authorities are responsible for Travis’ well-being, and she continues to appeal to them to treat him humanely," Franks said in a statement."She’s a mom worried about her son and would be grateful for a phone call from him." KCNA, officially the Korean Central News Agency, is essentially a mouthpiece for North Korea’s authoritarian government."We remain focused on his safe return. The Department’s priority is to bring Private King home, and that we are working through all available channels to achieve that outcome," Meiners said in a statement.to United Nations officials about King, the Pentagon's spokesman said Aug. 1.
“I can confirm that the DPRK has responded to United Nations Command, but I don’t have any substantial progress to read out,” Ryder said at the time.
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