The Difficult Case of Army Private Travis King

PAJU, SOUTH KOREA – JULY 19: A U.S. soldier crossed the military demarcation line separating the two Koreas without authorization. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – North Korea has yet to provide clarity on the status of U.S. Army Private Travis King after the 23-year-old skipped his flight out of South Korea in July, joined a tour group near the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, and sprinted across the border into North Korea.

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