(Reuters) - Private Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea in July, is in U.S. custody after North Korea expelled him into China, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, following rare diplomatic cooperation between the U.S., North Korea and China.
A U.S. military spokesman later said an investigation indicated that White crossed into North Korea of his own free will.
In a video released by the North, White denounced the United States and praised North Korea and its then leader Kim Il-Sung.
- Charles Robert Jenkins walked into North Korea when on patrol on the DMZ in 1965.
- James Joseph Dresnok was a 21-year old U.S. army private stationed in South Korea in 1962 when he fled to the North.
Persons:
Travis King, Joseph T, White, Kim Il, Charles Robert Jenkins, Jenkins, Hitomi Soga, Soga, James Joseph Dresnok, Dresnok, Jerry Wayne Parrish, Larry Allen Abshier, Kim Jong, Dresnok's, Josh Smith, David Brunnstrom, Phil Stewart, Chizu Nomiyama
Organizations:
Reuters, U.S, North, Korea Times, United Nations Command, Washington Post
Locations:
U.S, North Korea, China, China . U.S, South Korea, Pyongyang, United States, Vietnam, Japan, Korean