King made a sudden dash into North Korea from the South on July 18 while on a civilian tour of their heavily fortified border and was immediately taken into North Korean custody.
Releasing final results of investigation into his border crossing in July, KCNA said King has harboured ill feelings over inhumane treatment & racial discrimination within US army.
For decades Pyongyang has highlighted racial discrimination in the US, and analysts say it will likely use King's case to resist pressure over human rights.
North Korean investigators have concluded that Travis King crossed deliberately and illegally, with the intent to stay in the North or in a third country, state news agency KCNA said.
Dressed in civvies, King broke off from a group of 40 tourists being guided around the Joint Security Area inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and sprinted across the border.
Travis King ran over the border Tuesday while on a civilian tour of the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas, and US officials say they have yet to ascertain his fate.
The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?
RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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