What we know about Travis King, the U.S. soldier who crossed into North Korea
King, 23, was stationed in South Korea, but was scheduled to fly back to the U.S. to face disciplinary action when he escaped an airport outside of Seoul and managed to flee into North Korea.
A U.S. soldier who crossed into North Korea on Tuesday did so "willfully and without authorization," according to U.S. and international officials. He's now believed to be in custody of North Korean armed forces.
The man, whom a U.S. Army spokesperson identified as Travis King, was a private second class who'd been released recently from a detention center in South Korea.
He was scheduled to be flown home to the U.S. when he somehow returned to South Korea, joined a tour group to the Demilitarized Zone and ran across the heavily fortified into North Korea.
