It is the first public acknowledgement of the incident by Pyongyang. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - North Korea concluded that US soldier Travis King wants refuge there or elsewhere because of “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination”, in the US and the military, state media said on Wednesday.on July 18 while on a civilian tour of the Joint Security Area on the heavily fortified border between the neighbours.
“During the investigation, Travis King confessed that he had decided to come over to the DPRK as he harboured ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army,” KCNA reported.“He also expressed his willingness to seek refugee in the DPRK or a third country, saying that he was disillusioned at the unequal American society.”
The Pentagon said it could not verify Pte King’s comments as reported by KCNA and remains focused on his safe return. It did not address whether it had heard more details from North Korea. It added that Pte King’s mother had been in touch with the Army and appreciated a statement by the defence department that it remained focused on bringing him home.A spokesman for the United Nations Command , which oversees the border village where Pte King crossed, said he did not have anything to add to the previous statements.
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