North Korea has claimed that US soldier Travis King crossed the heavily-guarded Korean border in July to flee "inhuman mistreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army".
It was North Korea’s first official confirmation of its detention of Private Travis King, who sprinted across the border while on a civilian tour of a border village on 18 July.
The 23-year-old became the first American confirmed to be detained in nearly five years.
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