What We Know About How a U.S. Soldier Ended Up in North Korea

The soldier, Pvt. Travis T. King, was supposed to be on a plane to the United States, but instead he joined a group tour of the DMZ. Then he bolted for the border.

Soldiers stood near the military demarcation line at Panmunjom, in February.Credit…Chang W. Lee/The New York Times The world was shocked on Tuesday when a United States soldier willfully and illegally crossed the inter-Korean border during a group tour of the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, becoming the latest American citizen to be held in custody by North Korea.

The exact motive of the soldier, Pvt. Travis […]

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