SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea asserted Wednesday that a U.S. soldier who bolted into the North across the heavily armed Korean border last month did so after being disillusioned with the inequality of American society and racial discrimination in the Army.
It was North Korea’s first official confirmation of the detention of Pvt. Travis King, who entered the North while on a civilian tour of a Korean border village July 18. He became the first American detained in the North in nearly five years.
