American crosses North Korean border

[sumpnz]

He’ll probably come back similarly to Otto Warmbier.

[WLJ]

They're reportedly spitting him back out

U.S. soldier Travis King will be 'expelled' from North Korea after two months in custody, state media announced Wednesday.

The North Korean news agency KCNA reported that King is being removed from the country because of his 'illegal entry' in July when he broke free from a tour group viewing the DMZ and made a made dash to the communist country.

Officials in the country said that they had concluding their 'questioning' of King and said that he sought refuge in North Korea because he harbored 'ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination' in the U.S. Military. There have been no statements from the U.S. on King's impending release.

It's not clear where Private King, 23, will be sent, nor when exactly he will be released. The rogue state infamously has almost non-existent diplomatic relations with its neighbors, with the notable exceptions of Russia and China. There have been no details released regarding King's health nor has been seen since July

North Korea 'expels' US soldier Travis King weeks after he sprinted across the border into the rogue state during a tour of the region
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12566033/North-Korea-expels-soldier-Travis-King-weeks-sprinted-border-rogue-state-tour-region.html

[MillCreek]

So this time, I bet the Army is not trusting him to get on the plane by himself to fly back to Ft. Hood for NJP.  He probably has an escort now.

[RocketMan]

Am I a bad person for having forgotten all about this nutcase?

[WLJ]

Think he'll get an invite to the WH?

[dogmush]

So this time, I bet the Army is not trusting him to get on the plane by himself to fly back to Ft. Hood for NJP.  He probably has an escort now.

You'd think, but Oct 1 is this Sunday, and there's no funding in Defense Travel Service.  Especially if the gov shuts down, no one's going on non essential TDY.

[Ben]

Think he'll get an invite to the WH?

I'm sure that boy will.

[cordex]

I'm sure that boy will.

Which one?  LL J cool LL Bean?

[WLJ]

Updated

Senior US administration officials confirmed that Private King had been transferred to US custody in China.

His condition and the details of his confinement in North Korea remain unclear.

Travis King in US custody after North Korea expulsion
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66939470

[WLJ]

Am I a bad person for having forgotten all about this nutcase?

Someone on the left will be along shortly to tell you you only forgot about him because he's black you racist bigot.

[MillCreek]

Updated
Travis King in US custody after North Korea expulsion
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66939470

Huh. I would have thought that the NK would have marched him to the border line at the treaty complex and given him a hearty shove over the line.

[Nick1911]

Wow, when even North Korea doesn't value you enough to be leverage...

[WLJ]

Wow, when even North Korea doesn't value you enough to be leverage...

I'm wondering what Biden gave the N.Koreans to get our hero back.