After a month of silence, secretive North Korea has finally confirmed it is holding US soldier Travis King as the hermit kingdom claims he defected because of mistreatment and 'racial discrimination' inside the US Army.The report came from North Korean state media on Wednesday, and is the first public acknowledgement of the American's defection into the North's territory by North Korea.The US soldier, Private Travis T. King, fled to North Korean territory while he was on a civilian tour of the Joint Security Area along the heavily fortified border between the North and South in July.
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