SEOUL/WASHINGTON – United States Army Pte Travis T. King had finished serving time in detention in South Korea and was being escorted to the airport to fly home and likely face disciplinary action. But he never made it to his plane. Instead, he passed alone through...
Pte King, who joined the US Army in January 2021, had served as a Cavalry Scout with the Korean Rotational Force, part of the decades-old US security commitment to South Korea. His awards include the National Defence Service Medal, the Korean Defence Service Medal and Overseas Service Ribbon.A South Korean court ruling said Pte King pleaded guilty to assault and damaging public property stemming from an incident in October 2022 and on Feb 8 he was fined 5 million won .
Mr Gates, who described himself as Pte King’s “father figure”, told The Daily Beast he had been one of the last people to talk to him by phone before he crossed into North Korea. Pte King is from Racine, Wisconsin, according to news reports. “I don’t think anyone who was sane would want to go to North Korea, so I assumed it was some kind of stunt,” she told Reuters. American soldiers and South Korean guards ran after him shouting but he was already on the north side of the border, Ms Leslie said.
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