US soldier facing military disciplinary actions flees to North Korea while touring a border village

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An American soldier facing military disciplinary actions fled across the heavily armed border from South Korea into into North Korea, U.S. officials said Tuesday, becoming the first American detained in the North in nearly five years. Two U.S. officials said the soldier detained was Private 2nd Class Travis King, who had just been released from a South Korean prison where he'd been held on assault charges and was facing additional military disciplinary actions in the United States. King, who's in his early 20s, was escorted to the airport to be returned to Fort Bliss, Texas,...