North Korea says US soldier admits to illegally entering

North Korea on Wednesday said a US soldier who had crossed into the country last month has admitted to illegally entering the North.

Private Travis King expressed a willingness to seek refuge in the North or a third country, state media KCNA reported, saying that he “was disillusioned at the unequal American society.”

According to the state media reports, Pyongyang said the US soldier confessed to crossing into the North because of “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination…