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Lydia Chantler-Hicks and Josh Salisbury

Travis King: US soldier who fled to North Korea in US custody after expulsion

A US soldier who crossed into the country through its heavily armed border with South Korea in July is in US custody after being expelled by North Korea into China.

Private Travis King ran into the North in July while on a civilian tour of the Joint Security Area (JSA) on the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, and was detained.

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