North Korea concluded that Travis King wants refuge there or in another country because of "inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination" in the US and the military, state media said Wednesday, Pyongyang's first public acknowledgement of King's crossing from South Korea on July 18.

SEOUL, Aug 16 (Reuters) - North Korea concluded that Travis King wants refuge there or in another country because of “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination” in the U.S. and the military, state media said on Wednesday, Pyongyang’s first public acknowledgement of King’s crossing from South Korea on July 18.

  •  magnetosphere   ( @HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org ) 
    8•11 months ago

    “Assault” can be a lot of things. I’d like to know the details of what he was accused of… though it’s hard to imagine why anything short of a murder charge would cause him to flee to a totalitarian nightmare like North Korea.