Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado, on Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his first public comments about King. King was later found in the city of Uijeongbu, roughly 25 miles southeast of Camp Bonifas. When the base managed to reach King, who served as a cavalry scout, he “refused to return to post or America,” a U.S. 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, ABC News reported.
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. His fate once he entered the Hermit Kingdom is still unknown as officials there have ignored diplomatic outreach. The 23-year-old was the first soldier in decades to defect to North Korea when he bolted across the border on Tuesday. Travis King told officials he wouldn’t ‘return to America’ nearly a year before fleeing to North KoreaĪmerican 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.” North Korea opens 'world's most exclusive' golf club to foreigners North Korea confirms US Army defector Travis King is in country said soldier wants refuge from 'mistreatment,' racism North Korea's Kim directs cruise missile test as South Korea-US drills begin Kim Jong Un spotted touring North Korean flood site in mandals Key national-security questions for GOP candidates at the first debate
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