According to North Korea, a US soldier "illegally intruded" into its territory

 According to North Korea, a US soldier "illegally intruded" into its territory

Travis King acknowledged to unlawfully entering DPRK territory, according to an inquiry by a relevant DPRK institution, KCNA said.

Seoul: According to an inquiry, the US soldier who crossed the border into North Korea the previous week "admitted that he illegally intruded," Pyongyang's government-run news agency KCNA reported Wednesday.

The report is North Korea's first official response to the Travis King case. Travis King was on his way back to the United States after having a run-in with South Korean authorities when he sneaked away to join a tour group visiting the Demilitarised Zone.

Using the abbreviation for North Korea's official name, KCNA stated: "According to an investigation by an appropriate organ of the DPRK, Travis King confirmed that he illegally intruded into the sovereignty of the DPRK."

Travis King said, "during the investigation, that he had made the decision to go to the DPRK because he harboured ill feelings against inhumane treatment and racial discrimination within the US Army," according to KCNA.

Last month, Private Second Class King was being driven to the airport to board a flight back to Texas following a drunken pub brawl, an encounter with the police and a stint in a South Korean jail.

King sneaked away, joined a tour of the Demilitarised Zone, and crossed the border instead of going to Fort Bliss for disciplinary hearings.

As King "knowingly entered the area of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's side, he came to fall apart when kept for command by members of the Korean People's Army on duty," across the room for the DPRK-US military contacts and the additional room of security officers in tandem the Military Demarcation Line," according to KCNA, which confirmed King's detention in the Korean peninsula for the first time on Wednesday.

As a result of the unequal American society, he also declared his desire to seek asylum in the DPRK or another nation, according to KCNA, which also noted that a government probe was still underway.

The event in July occurred at a time when tensions between the two Koreas are at an all-time low. Diplomacy has stagnated, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for accelerated military development, including the development of tactical nuclear bombs.

The United Nations Command stated earlier this month that North Korea had "responded" to attempts to resolve the situation.

At the time, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that communication had been made with the North Koreans but added he was still unsure of King's whereabouts or health.

Since the 1950–1953 battle concluded in an armistice rather than a treaty and the majority of their shared border is highly militarised, the two Koreas are still officially at war.

But even though there are troops on both sides at the JSA, the border is merely delineated by a small concrete wall and is quite simple to cross.

Americans have frequently been imprisoned by Pyongyang and used as bargaining chips in international talks.