North Korea says US soldier was disillusioned at American society

North Korea says US soldier was disillusioned at American society
A TV screen shows American soldier Travis King (Ahn Young-joon/AP)

North Korea said that a US soldier who bolted into the country across the heavily armed Korean border last month did so after being disillusioned at the inequality of American society.

Private 2nd Class Travis King entered North Korea while on a tour of a Korean border village, becoming the first American detained in the North in nearly five years.

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