Travis King crossed the border into North Korea on Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. service member to do so since 1982. A handful of American soldiers defected in the years after the Korean War.

Travis King crossed the border into North Korea on Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. service member to do so since 1982. A handful of American soldiers defected in the years after the Korean War.

The United States has declined so far to classify Army Pfc. Travis King as a prisoner of war, despite his being taken into North Korean custody after he crossed into the country last month, four U ...

Pvt. Travis T. King dashed across the inter-Korean Demilitarized Zone in July. North Korea expelled him after finding him guilty of “illegally intruding” into its territory.

North Korea confirms American Travis King is there, says he's escaping racism in U.S. Army 04:18. In an interview last month with The Associated Press, King's mother, Claudine Gates, said her son ...

North Korea’s first public confirmation that a US soldier crossed into its territory in July has prompted an appeal from his family to treat him humanely, as questions remain about why he ...

Travis King, 23, a U.S. soldier from Racine, has been expelled from North Korea and is in U.S. custody about two months after making an unauthorized crossing into the country from South Korea ...

When King fled into North Korea, he was a cavalry scout who had just served a 47-day sentence in a South Korean prison after he allegedly kicked a South Korean squad car and damaged it.

Travis King crossed the border into North Korea on Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. service member to do so since 1982. A handful of American soldiers defected in the years after the Korean War.

Travis King, who ran across the border from South Korea into North Korea in July, was transferred back to U.S. custody in China, then flown to San Antonio.

Travis King crossed the border into North Korea on Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. service member to do so since 1982. A handful of American soldiers defected in the years after the Korean War.

A U.S. soldier is reportedly being held in North Korea after bolting across the border, becoming the first American service member to do so in over four decades. It is still unclear whether Pvt ...