North Korea says U.S. soldier who crossed border is seeking refuge

Pyongyang said Wednesday a U.S. soldier who crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea last month is seeking refuge in the country or elsewhere, as state media referred to him for the first time.The soldier, Travis King, a private second class in the U.S. Army, has admitted to illegally entering North Korea, saying he "harbored ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination" in the army, the official Korean Central News Agency said.King has also said he is "disillusioned at the unequal American society," according to an interim report on North Korea's investig…READ FULL ARTICLE