WASHINGTON: A US soldier who crossed into North Korea last year pleaded guilty to desertion as part of a plea agreement Friday (Sep 20) and was sentenced to 12 months of confinement, his lawyer said. Because of good behaviour and time served, the soldier was released, according to the lawyer. Travis King was facing 14 charges related to him fleeing across the border from South Korea into the North in July 2023 while on a sightseeing tour of the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Korean