U.S. soldier Travis King is back in American custody after North Korea expels him
By Stella Kim, Patrick Smith, Courtney Kube and Mosheh Gains SEOUL, South Korea — Travis King, the U.S. Army private who intentionally ran across the border into North Korea this summer, is in U.S. custody in China, U.S. officials said Wednesday, shortly after the isolated East Asian country said it would expel him. “U.S. officials have secured the return of Private Travis King from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” the Defense Department press secretary, Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, said in a statement. He went on to thank the U.S. military personnel who worked to “bring Private King home,” as well as the governments of Sweden and China. Later, two