Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
SEOUL: Travis King defected to North Korea to escape "mistreatment and racial discrimination in the US Army," the country's state media said on Wednesday, Pyongyang's first official confirmation that they were holding the American soldier.
NO BLACK-AND-WHITE MATTER A television screen shows a file image of American soldier Travis King during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in South Korea’s capital Seoul on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. AP PHOTO