North Korea has concluded that U.S. soldier Travis King wants refuge there or elsewhere because of
"inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination" in the U.S. and the military, state media said on Wednesday.while on a civilian tour of the Joint Security Area on the heavily fortified border between the neighbors.have declined so far to classify himNorth Korean investigators have also concluded that King crossed deliberately and illegally, with the intent to stay in the North or in a third country, state news agency KCNA said.
In August, King's uncle, Myron Gates, told ABC News that his nephew, who is Black, was experiencing racism during his military deployment and that after he spent time in a South Korean jail, he did not sound like himself. King's mother is concerned about his safety and appealed to North Korea to treat him humanely, a spokesman for his family said.Mentioning King's willingness to seek refuge in North Korea or a third country shows that it's still unclear where he wants to go.A spokesman for the United Nations Command, which oversees the border village where King crossed, said he did not have anything to add to previous statements.
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