{"id":47437,"date":"2023-08-23T23:11:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T23:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/23\/us-soldier-in-north-korea-has-so-many-reasons-to-come-home-mom-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:07:13","slug":"us-soldier-in-north-korea-has-so-many-reasons-to-come-home-mom-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2023\/08\/23\/us-soldier-in-north-korea-has-so-many-reasons-to-come-home-mom-says\/","title":{"rendered":"US soldier in North Korea has \u2018so many reasons\u2019 to come home, mom says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.S. Army private who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/07\/18\/us-soldier-detained-by-north-korea-after-crossing-border\/\" target=\"_blank\">mysteriously sprinted across the border<\/a>&nbsp;into North Korea last month has \u201cso many reasons to come home,\u201d his mother said Wednesday as she cast doubt on a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/08\/15\/us-soldier-bolted-after-mistreatment-in-the-army-north-korea-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">recent statement<\/a>&nbsp;that suggested her son, Travis King, might be seeking refuge there or in a third country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claudine Gates spoke to The Associated Press one week after North Korea released the statement through its state media in which it confirmed for the first time that it had detained the soldier and attributed comments to him criticizing the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI just can\u2019t see him ever wanting to just stay in Korea when he has family in America. He has so many reasons to come home,\u201d Gates, from Racine, Wisconsin, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King, 23, had served in South Korea and sprinted into North Korea while on a civilian tour of a&nbsp;border village on July 18. U.S. officials have said they are working to get him home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official Korean Central News Agency said King, who is Black, had said he decided to enter North Korea because he \u201charbored ill feelings against inhuman mistreatment and racial discrimination within the U.S. Army.\u201d The report also said that King had said he \u201cwas disillusioned at the unequal American society\u201d and had expressed his willingness to seek refuge in North Korea or a third country.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2023\/08\/15\/us-soldier-bolted-after-mistreatment-in-the-army-north-korea-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23205315235209.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US soldier bolted after \u2018mistreatment\u2019 in the Army, North Korea says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A U.S. Defense Department official said the U.S. had no way to verify North Korea\u2019s claims about Pvt. Travis King.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials last week said they were unable to verify the comments attributed to him, while White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters to \u201cconsider the source.\u201d KCNA is the official voice of leader Kim Jong Un\u2019s government and its content reflects North Korea\u2019s official line that the United States is an evil adversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gates, in the interview with AP, said she had never heard her son express the sentiments attributed to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy son, he was proud to be American. He\u2019s not even a racist type of person. That\u2019s why I can\u2019t see him saying that,\u201d she said. But she added that \u201cI was kind of told that he said a little something like that to his uncles\u201d and that \u201ctheir approach with him was a little different than me. I\u2019m mom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gates said she remains perplexed by her son\u2019s actions. Birthdays are major milestones in the family, she said, and she couldn\u2019t imagine her son willfully missing an opportunity to speak with her on July 26, her birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She noted that in the months before his dash across the border to North Korea, he had become significantly less communicative than in his early days in the Army. Family members have previously said that he may have felt overwhelmed as he faced legal troubles and his possible looming discharge from the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King was supposed to be returned to the U.S. to face military discipline after serving nearly two months in a South Korea prison on assault charges. But instead of boarding a flight for Texas, as planned, King slipped away and quietly joined&nbsp;a civilian tour group&nbsp;headed for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-us-soldier-travis-king-dmz-panmunjom-7eb66dceeb1b9f10a50f76feadef69be\" target=\"_blank\">the Demilitarized Zone<\/a>, which divides South and North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No matter the issue, Gates said, talking directly to her son, \u201cI\u2019m not mad at you, Travis. I just want you to come home. He has a whole life ahead of him. He\u2019s still a young man. I just want my baby home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mother of Army Pvt. 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