US officials say Army Pvt. Travis King “willfully and without authorization” crossed into North Korea on July 18, while taking a civilian tour of the Joint Security Area (JSA), a small ...

US Army Private Travis King arrived back on United States soil Thursday after being returned to American custody weeks after he crossed into North Korea, a Defense Department official said.. King ...

North Korea confirmed that US soldier Travis King is being detained in the country. By noon Wednesday, the door of the Wisconsin home of King’s mother, Claudine Gates’ Racine, had a sign that ...

North Korea has detained a U.S. soldier from Wisconsin for crossing its borders without authorization.. After 23-year-old Travis King was released from a South Korean prison, he made his way to ...

Pvt. Travis T. King, the American soldier who crossed into North Korea on July 18, was released into U.S. custody on Wednesday after weeks of diplomacy mediated by the Swedish government, American ...

Travis King, a 23-year-old American soldier who ran across the border into North Korea in July, was transferred to U.S. custody and on his way back to the United States on Wednesday, U.S ...

King is still believed to be in custody in North Korea. REUTERS. As of Wednesday, the US government was still trying to piece together King’s motive for defecting, as well as his current status.

Claudine Gates, the mother of Travis King, a US Army private charged by the Army with desertion for crossing the demilitarized zone into North Korea speaks with ABC News, Oct. 24, 2023.

King, 23, was stationed in South Korea, but was scheduled to fly back to the U.S. to face disciplinary action when he escaped an airport outside of Seoul and managed to flee into North Korea.

Travis King, 23, a U.S. soldier from Racine, has been expelled from North Korea and is in U.S. custody about two months after making an unauthorized crossing into the country from South Korea ...