U.S. officials thanked Sweden and China for help securing the release of the 23-year-old Army private, who went to North Korea in July.
A TV screen shows a file image of U.S. soldier Travis King during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday. North Korea said Wednesday that it was expelling King, who crossed into the country through the heavily armed border between the Koreas in July., a 23-year-old American soldier who ran across the border into North Korea in July, was transferred to U.S. custody and on his way back to the United States on Wednesday, U.S. officials say.
U.S. officials spent weeks negotiating King's release. Since North Korea and the United States do not have diplomatic relations, Washington used other channels, including Swedish diplomats. "We did not give them anything. We made no concessions as a part of securing his return," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said."When Travis King first crossed the border into North Korea, we tried to reach out a number of occasions. They rejected our direct approaches and ended up talking to Sweden and Sweden talked to us and helped negotiate this transfer," Miller said."But I would not see this as the sign of some breakthrough.
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said earlier that King, who is African American, was"disillusioned about the unequal U.S. society," echoingABC News in August that his nephew had experienced racism in the Army. King joined the Army in 2021 and was stationed in South Korea.in South Korea for an assault and was due to return to a military base at Fort Bliss, Texas, facing possible disciplinary action.
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