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Travis King, Returned Defector to North Korea, Charged with Counts from Desertion to Child Porn

Posted on October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 By admin

The Army has charged King with 8 offenses. “King’s charge sheet, which was reviewed by Military.com, alleges that, in the days before the private dashed across one of the most heavily guarded borders in the world, he solicited nude images from an underage Snapchat user and possessed a video of a minor engaged in sexual…

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Defector to North Korea Back in CONUS, Faces Debriefs and Potential Legal Problems

Posted on September 30, 2023September 30, 2023 By admin

US Army soldier Travis King is now at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas after North Korea booted him from the country following his defection over the summer. “An American soldier who sprinted into North Korea and was held there for two months before being returned to the U.S. is set to undergo medical testing and extensive…

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Could North Korea Send US Army Defector to China or Russia?

Posted on September 23, 2023September 23, 2023 By admin

When North Korea first reported Travis King was in is hands this summer, it noted the defector sought refuge in the DPRK or a “third country” due to “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the U.S. Army,” North Korea News reports. (See the declassified files on previous US Army defectors to the North.) The news…

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