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US soldier Travis King gets expelled from North Korea into China, heads home

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.

North Korea to expel US soldier Travis King over illegal border crossing, says KCNA media

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.

Ex-US Navy Seal who said he killed Osama bin Laden arrested for assault in Texas

Robert O’Neil was booked on Wednesday for allegedly causing bodily injury and released the same day after paying a $3,500 bond.

North Korea tightens scrutiny over border tours after US soldier Travis King crossing case

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.

US soldier defection to isolated North Korea amid Covid restrictions raises concerns

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.

US expresses mounting concern over American soldier who fled into North Korea

US Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said Washington was fully mobilised in trying to contact Pyongyang, including through United Nations communications channels.

US actively pursuing return of American soldier from North Korea ahead of trilateral talks

The US is working hard to ascertain information on Private Travis King's wellbeing and engaged in 'ensuring his safety and return,' US Special Envoy for North Korea Sung Kim said.

North Korea silent on US soldier who dashed across military border

US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that the Pentagon had reached out to counterparts in North Korea, but Pyongyang has yet to respond to the incident.

US soldier who fled to North Korea faced assault allegations and fine in South Korea

Travis King's unauthorised border crossing plunges Washington into turmoil, raising questions about his motives and igniting a diplomatic crisis with the nuclear-armed state.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.