About the Author
James Fretwell
James Fretwell is a writer based in Seoul, South Korea. He was an analyst at NK News, and he has often discussed the two Koreas in interviews on the BBC, ABC News Australia, Deutsche Welle and elsewhere.
Get behind the headlines
Features Travis King wouldn’t be the first soldier in Korea to reject America for racismClarence Adams questioned why he should fight North Korea when the US discriminated against African Americans back home Travis King, the American soldier who crossed into North Korea in July, fled because of “racial discrimination within the U.S. Army,” according to DPRK state media. It’s possible that Pyongyang just made this up to slander Washington, although King reportedly told his family he was experiencing racism. But whatever the reason, King wouldn’t be the first African American on the peninsula to reject the U.S. for similar reasons. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |