Summary

1. A US soldier is being held in North Korea after crossing the border from South Korea without authorisation
2. Private 2nd Class Travis King was being escorted back to the US for disciplinary reasons before he apparently gave his escort the slip at Incheon Airport
3. He joined a tour group at the border where he was seen laughing before running into the North
4. "I thought it was a bad joke at first, but when he didn't come back, I realised it wasn't a joke," a witness said later
5. The incident is being investigated by US Forces Korea, a senior American commander said
6. The US military has had no contact with the soldier since he crossed the border, the commander confirmed

 

 

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Another contender for the Darwin Award idiot!

Hopefully he does not have ambitions to launch his food vlogging career.

 

 

bye bye

5 minutes ago, Tug said:

Another contender for the Darwin Award idiot!

Who?

The bro who went AWOL or the jerk who was responsible for getting him on a plane to Fort Bliss to face assault charges?

The US Army is at a low point now.

He sounds insane. 

In my opinion he is right where he belongs.

May you have an interesting life young man

Sounds like a bad Korea move if he was looking at advancing in the army.

 

I'll get my tunic.

Obviously a CIA operative using this story as a cover to infiltrate North Korea.

 

Escape one jail, enter another.

1 hour ago, nycjoe said:

May you have an interesting life young man

But please do not remove a wall poster as a souvenir!!

Seems there was an altercation in a nightclub. Likely not the fault of the Private as the other person did not want to press charges. But seemingly he was out in a police car afterwards, which might explain his trying to get out of it. Hence the claim of kicking the back door of the police car. 
As to escaping, he was only escorted up to customs. He didn’t bother to catch the flight but instead the next day went on this tour. Perhaps feeling wrongly treated throughout. 

1 hour ago, NextG said:

Seems there was an altercation in a nightclub. Likely not the fault of the Private as the other person did not want to press charges. But seemingly he was out in a police car afterwards, which might explain his trying to get out of it. Hence the claim of kicking the back door of the police car. 
As to escaping, he was only escorted up to customs. He didn’t bother to catch the flight but instead the next day went on this tour. Perhaps feeling wrongly treated throughout. 

He’s going to get the treatment he went looking for.