US soldier who fled to North Korea pleads guilty to desertion, assault
U.S. Army Private Travis King, who traveled to North Korea last year, pleaded guilty to charges of desertion, assault and disobeying orders, the Army said. said Friday blog post. King pleaded guilty to three counts of insubordination to a superior officer, one count of desertion and one count of assault on a non-commissioned officer. His […]
US Army soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea, ‘now free’ after pleading guilty to desertion
A U.S. Army soldier who was briefly detained by North Korea after crossing the DMZ last year pleaded guilty Friday to four other charges, including desertion and assaulting an officer, and was sentenced to 12 months in prison. A military court judge at Fort Bliss, Texas, reportedly told Travis King he could face up to […]
US soldier Travis King sentenced for desertion after fleeing into North Korea | US military
A US soldier who defected to North Korea last year has pleaded guilty to desertion as part of a plea deal and been sentenced to 12 months in prison, his lawyer said. Attorney Franklin Rosenblatt said Friday that the soldier was released for good behavior and time served. Travis King faced 14 charges in connection […]
US Army soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea, pleads guilty to desertion
A U.S. Army soldier who was briefly detained by North Korea after crossing the DMZ last year pleaded guilty Friday to four other charges, including desertion and assaulting an officer, and was sentenced to 12 months in prison. A military court judge at Fort Bliss, Texas, reportedly told King that if he did not plead […]
North Korea Debuts Ballistic Missile with ‘Super-Large Conventional Warhead’
North Korean state media claimed Thursday that dictatorial leader Kim Jong Un had successfully overseen the test of a new “tactical ballistic missile” capable of carrying a “super-large” warhead. The test is the latest in a series of increasingly belligerent and frequent actions aimed at intimidating rivals South Korea and the U.S. In the past […]
Emma Raducanu survives injury scare to make Korea Open quarter-finals | Tennis
Emma Raducanu defeated No. 8 seed Yuan Yue in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the Korea Open. The 21-year-old needed seven match points to win a hard-fought 6-4, 6-3 victory over the No. 8 seed. Raducanu led after a close first set and led strongly at the start of the second, holding off […]
North Korea launches wave of trash balloons toward South Korea
North Korea launched a new series of “trash balloons” towards its southern neighbor on Wednesday night, local media reported. Korean Yonhap News North Korea has reportedly launched more than 160 balloons loaded with garbage across the southern border. The report quoted South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) as saying it had found dozens of […]
South Korea Removes Chinese-Made Cameras from Military Bases
South Korean military personnel said More than 1,300 Chinese-made surveillance cameras have been removed from military bases, including one near the North Korean border, after South Korea belatedly discovered the cameras were capable of transmitting information to China, Yonhap News Agency reported Friday. The official also asserted that “no data was actually leaked” from the […]
North Korea Shows Off Uranium Enrichment Complex for First Time
North Korea on Friday released photos of communist dictator Kim Jong Un inspecting the country's “nuclear weapons laboratory,” where uranium is reportedly being enriched to fulfill Kim's call for a “dramatic” expansion of the country's nuclear arsenal. Kim Toured According to the regime's main propaganda outlet, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim inspected the enrichment […]
Xi Jinping Vows to Improve ‘Communication’ with North Korea as China Loses Influence to Russia
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Monday sent a congratulatory message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on National Day, but international observers described the message as relatively cold and a possible sign of rifts between the two countries. China is communist North Korea's closest ally but has refrained from expressing support for the Kim […]