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

Travis King, 23, ran across the North Korean border on a tour in South Korea before being detained by North Korean authorities.

An American soldier who had just been released from a South Korean detention facility fled across the border to North Korea where he was taken into custody this month.

Travis King, the U.S. soldier who crossed into North Korea this week, had... A guard post is seen from the Imjingak Peace Park in the border city of Paju, South Korea, on July 19, 2023.

King had been escorted by the military to an airport outside Seoul for possible further disciplinary action in the U.S. before he ended up on the heavily fortified border between North and South ...

US Army Private Travis King arrived back on United States soil Thursday after being returned to American custody weeks after he crossed into North Korea, a Defense Department official said.

North Korea’s goal could be to create a dilemma for Washington in “choosing between U.S.-South Korean nuclear deterrence strategies and protecting its own citizen,” Yang said.

Topline More details have emerged about Travis King, the 23-year-old American soldier who escaped to North Korea Tuesday and is assumed to be in government custody, as local officials are yet to ...

For the first time in decades a US soldier is believed to be in North Korean custody. That is a scenario that could cause a diplomatic headache for the United States while it, alongside ally South ...

An American soldier who had just been released from a South Korean detention facility fled across the border to North Korea where he was taken into custody this month.

Travis King, 23, ran across the North Korean border on a tour in South Korea before being detained by North Korean authorities.