North Korea to 'expel' US soldier Travis King, who crossed from South,
state media reports
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North Korea claimed on Wednesday that King has "confessed that he
illegally intruded into the territory of the DPRK as he harbored ill
feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within
the U.S. army and was disillusioned about the unequal U.S. society."

CNN cannot verify whether these are King's own words.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/27/asia/north-korea-travis-king-expel-intl/index.html

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White House: US soldier who crossed into North Korea 2 months ago is
in American hands

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Officials said they did not know exactly why North Korea decided to
expel King, but said they suspected that Pyongyang determined that as
a low-ranking serviceman he had no real value in terms of either
leverage or information. One official, who was not authorized to
comment and requested anonymity, said the North Koreans may have
decided that King was more trouble to keep than to simply release him.
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And there remain unanswered questions about the episode, including why
King went to North Korea in the first place. His fate also remains
uncertain, having been declared AWOL by the U.S. government. That can
mean punishment by time in military jail, forfeiture of pay or a
dishonorable discharge.

In the near term, officials said that their focus would be on helping
King reintegrate into U.S. society upon his return, including helping
him address mental and emotional concerns, according to a senior Biden administration officials who briefed reporters on the transfer.

The soldier was in "good spirits and good health" upon his release,
according to one senior administration official. He was to be taken to
Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in Texas, and was
expected to arrive overnight, officials said.

https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-us-soldier-travis-king-00c171778e378d95fe1115fe31612ec2

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On 2023-09-27, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

White House: US soldier who crossed into North Korea 2 months ago is
in American hands

He must have been deemed not a useful prize ... no useful espionage information, etc. Likely to become a burden on the state, etc.

Go send Dennis Rodman in to pick him up. He can ask KJU to "do him a
solid." Loser.

Meanwhile, this dude is going straight to a military prison, charged
with deserting, treason, who knows what else.

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Retrograde wrote:

Meanwhile, this dude is going straight to a military prison, charged
with deserting, treason, who knows what else.

If it had happened the other way around and he'd been a North Korean
soldier sent back after deserting, he would just disappear and never be
heard of again... a much more fitting end for traitors who desert. (IMHO
of course!)

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On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 21:08:52 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

Meanwhile, this dude is going straight to a military prison, charged
with deserting, treason, who knows what else.

King was facing dishonorable discharge from the United States Army due
to legal charges in South Korea, the country he was deployed to at the
time of the crossing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_King

This "dude" had an attitude problem before crossing into N. Korea.

See Wiki...

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On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 23:57:27 +0200, "Blueshirt"
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

a much more fitting end for traitors

Naw, for redemption, let the Wagner Group put him on the front line

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On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:51:28 -0500
JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

This "dude" had an attitude problem before crossing into N. Korea.

Apparently he was detained for kicking a South Korean police car.

Turn him over to the South Koreans first and then send him to military
prison. He clearly has a problem with authority, why would he join the military? Stupid.

I remember in Singapore when an American diplomat's kid was kicking
cars, and he was turned over to the Singaporean authorities, whose
standard punishment for this kind of offense was spanking with a bamboo
rod. Bill Clinton even intervened to no avail. So the kid got caned,
end of story.

Jail is no longer a reasonable deterrent. But I'll bet getting caned
is. So is breaking large rocks into small rocks. But hey, liberal sensitivities.

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