The family of the soldier who defected to North Korea has called on the U.S. government to bring him back home.
The family of Travis King, the defecting U.S. soldier who crossed the border into North Korea earlier this month, has called for the U.S. government to do more to bring the 23-year-old man home.News on Wednesday, King's sister Jaqueda Gates said that nobody in the family expected the soldier to bolt to North Korea, especially as he had told her he was excited to return to the U.S.
Visitors walk past a military fence at Imjingak peace park in the border city of Paju, South Korea, on July 19, 2023. Travis King, a U.S. soldier who served around two months in a South Korean jail on assault charges, was believed to be in North Korean custody on July 19, after crossing the heavily fortified border without authorization, officials said.
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