King, who joined the U.S. Army in January 2021, faced two allegations of assault in South Korea, and eventually pleaded guilty to one instance of assault and destroying public property for damaging a police car during a profanity-laced tirade against Koreans, according to court documents. He was due to face more disciplinary measures when he arrived back in the United States.
It’s just a hunch, but I believe he has more experience with racism than he’s willing to admit.
Ya he likely was making racists remarks about the Koreans.
I’m pasty af and I’d still fly to Africa wayyyy before stepping foot in Kim’s janky ass country.
Also, after his racist tirade against Koreans, he flees to… North Korea??? To escape… racism? Hmmm
This is the best summary I could come up with:
SEOUL, Aug 16 (Reuters) - North Korea has concluded that U.S. soldier Travis King wants refuge there or elsewhere because of “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination” in the U.S. and the military, state media said on Wednesday.
It was the North’s first public acknowledgement of the army private’s crossing from South Korea on July 18 while on a civilian tour of the Joint Security Area (JSA) on the heavily fortified border between the neighbours.
“During the investigation, Travis King confessed that he had decided to come over to the DPRK as he harbored ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the U.S. Army,” KCNA said, using the North’s official name.
In August, King’s uncle, Myron Gates, told ABC News that his nephew, who is Black, was experiencing racism during his military deployment, and that after he spent time in a South Korean jail, he did not sound like himself.
It added that King’s mother had been in touch with the Army and appreciated a statement by the U.S. Department of Defense that it remained focused on bringing him home.
A spokesman for the United Nations Command (UNC), which oversees the border village where King crossed, said he did not have anything to add to previous statements.
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So, when’s he going to be returned to us clinging to life by a thread? You know, like what they did to that Warmbier guy.
Well folks, looks like we’ve found the dumbest man alive.
Leave him there.
Like there’s another option? You think the USA has any choice in this matter?
His family has been suggesting the US find some way to get him back.
He doesn’t want to come back and the US has zero leverage with DPRK. He’s not a hostage, he’s an asylum seeker. And better than that, he’s a US military member who has a personal grievance with not just the USA but also South Korea. This man is staying in Pyongyang and will be treated quite well.
I’m sure he will want to come back eventually, and when that happens, they should decline to get involved.
Why do you think he will want to come back eventually? A bunch of soldiers have defected to the DPRK since the beginning of the Korean War. Some regret it, some don’t, some died. Why are you so sure he will want to come back when he knows that being black in the West will never change in his lifetime?
Because NK is a shithole that goes through periodic famines.
Did you forget that the guy is from the USA? He’s used to that.
This man is staying in Pyongyang and will be treated quite well.
Wow I really have no response to this, I am just straight flabbergasted that anybody is this stupid.
I mean, Rodman was. I’m shocked anyone can be so sure of such uncertainty. Check yourself, fool.
Why, what do you think will happen? They’ll torture him? Imprison him for life? Make him eat gross foods? Work him to death? Like, what’s your orientalist fantasy here?
Alright… fair enough. Have a good time Travis.
They’ll snatch some poor people’s food to feed him.
