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Travis King, the U.S. soldier who crossed South Korea's border into North Korea, is back in U.S. custody
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North Korea announced earlier Wednesday that it would expel King, with the totalitarian state’s tightly-controlled media saying he had confessed to entering the country illegally.
“U.S. officials have secured the return of Private Travis King from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),” U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement, adding thanks to “the government of Sweden for its diplomatic role serving as the protecting power for the United States in the DPRK and the government of the People’s Republic of China for its assistance in facilitating the transit of Private King.”
North Korea previously claimed that King had told investigators he crossed the border because he, "harbored ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the U.S.
The soldier had been scheduled to return to the U.S. after serving time at a South Korea detention facility for assaulting two people and kicking a police car while in the country.
After parting ways from his U.S. military escort at the airport, King skipped his flight and joined the civilian tour of the border town, where he ran across into North Korea.
Yang also told CBS News the decision to deport the soldier was likely made in part due to a “lukewarm” response to the incident by Washington.
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