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Travis King told officials he wouldn’t ‘return to America’ nearly a year before fleeing to North Korea
The New York Post ^ | 07/22/2023 | Matthew Sedacca

Posted on 07/22/2023 1:27:00 PM PDT by thegagline

American soldier Travis King had shown signs of possibly defecting from the Army nearly a year before he fled into North Korean territory, telling military officials while serving in South Korea that he would not “return to post or America.”

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It was not the first sign of trouble for the Wisconsin native, who was facing assault allegations over a fight at a club on Sept. 25.

[On] Sept. 4, while serving at Camp Bonifas near the southern end of the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea, King skipped out on his daily formation and took off to a nearby city, ***

When the base managed to reach King, who served as a cavalry scout, he “refused to return to post or America,” a U.S. official told the outlet.

*** Asked whether Pyongyang might torture King, Blinken said: “There are certainly concerns based on what we’ve seen in the past and the way that North Korea has treated those it’s detained.”

King, an Army Private 2nd Class, was scheduled to return to the United States on Monday but managed to slip past his military escort and was seen wearing civilian clothes during a tour of the Joint Security Area inside the DMZ.

US officials said King had made a “deliberate decision” to enter North Korea, but have yet to explain how he managed to outsmart his handlers at Incheon International Airport — and make it all the way to the village of Panmunjom inside the DMZ the next day.

King, who reportedly shouted “ha ha ha” during his mad dash into North Korea, was heading to Fort Bliss after spending nearly two months at a South Korean detention center over the assault charge.

He faced a dishonorable discharge from the Army over his conviction, a defense source said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assault; awol; crime; desertion; fedsdroptheballagain; korea; travisking; wisconsin
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To: Not A Snowbird

Total idiot. Probably had done level of support from DPRK embeds in ROK after he would have contracted them by email through any NK embassy overseas.

Next thing you know he’ll start publicly praising Kim Jong Un some kind of genius, not mentioning his cruelty or Christian persecution. (Oh, and offer to build top World class golf courses from Kim on their east coast near Wonsan. ) scumbag


41 posted on 07/22/2023 5:41:06 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Pray for Jim. ***** Donate to FR (Freepathon) PS: ☭ No CCCP 2.0 ☭)
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To: SaveFerris
#13: He can live like a King Kang in North Korea!

Ebonics spelling police! Hope this helps!

42 posted on 07/22/2023 6:18:18 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: thegagline

He fled to the DPRK? With any luck, he’s already strung up by the boys and having bamboo shoots inserted into various orifices. The North Koreans lack trust, no matter who a person says they are.


43 posted on 07/22/2023 6:47:38 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: thegagline

Well, good riddance.


44 posted on 07/22/2023 6:54:24 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

He is going to be in for a ride surprise


45 posted on 07/22/2023 6:54:34 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: thegagline

I think a soldier wearing civilian clothes is subject to instant death penalty.


46 posted on 07/22/2023 7:05:13 PM PDT by samiam5
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To: thegagline

Good. Let him rot there, dining on dirt and bugs.


47 posted on 07/22/2023 8:07:25 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: donozark

Warmbier was a sad case.
With this guy’s violent streak, he’s not gonna live long there. I don’t think he’s laughing anymore.


48 posted on 07/22/2023 9:03:40 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: cherry

First, we need to know its pronouns...


49 posted on 07/22/2023 9:22:30 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

LOL darn phone

He’s going to be in for a RUDE surprise


50 posted on 07/23/2023 12:58:43 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: hanamizu

Probably PV-2


51 posted on 07/23/2023 3:53:00 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (The best slaves put their own chains on )
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To: thegagline

Welcome to the Hotel North Korea
We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave


52 posted on 07/23/2023 4:00:40 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Signalman

I don’t know what this guy’s MOS was. He could have been a grunt (infantry) without access to sensitive/classified information.

MOS was calvary scout. ie dumb grunt.


53 posted on 07/23/2023 4:15:12 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: samiam5

I think a soldier wearing civilian clothes is subject to instant death penalty.


He will be definitely treated as a spy and beaten until he talks. Just how far the Norks will go in the beatings is limited only by his natural resistance to massive trauma.


54 posted on 07/23/2023 4:18:50 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: thegagline

Are we finally beginning to export our own mentally ill, instead of decades of importing other nations’? I doubt it. this is a one-off and in the U.S. communist manifesto.


55 posted on 07/23/2023 5:44:39 AM PDT by TheElectionWasStolen
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To: thegagline

He’s Black


56 posted on 07/23/2023 5:59:38 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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To: thegagline

Our education system being what it is, I bet he didn’t know anything at all about what kind of place North Korea is.


57 posted on 07/23/2023 6:07:00 AM PDT by cookcounty (Uuuuuuhh.)
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To: bert
He’s Black

Accordingly, Biden will pay a king’s ransom to get him back. Upon his return, he will be promoted to the rank of General of the Army.

58 posted on 07/23/2023 6:12:04 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024 )
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To: thegagline

Blacks, as an oppressed minority, can’t be racist, so there’s nothing to see here. Pls move along...

Police placed Pvt. Travis King in the backseat of their patrol car where he shouted expletives and insults against Koreans, the Korean army, and the Korean police, the ruling said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-soldier-got-fights-damaged-police-car-before-dash-north-korea-court-docs-2023-07-19/


59 posted on 07/23/2023 11:11:17 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: thegagline

I move to send not Dennis Rodman, but Brittney Griner, to North Korea, to negotiate Travis King’s release.


60 posted on 07/23/2023 11:31:23 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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