U.S. soldier facing military disciplinary actions flees to North Korea while touring a border village

Hyung-jin Kim, Kim Tong-hyung, Tara Copp And Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – An American soldier facing military disciplinary actions fled across the heavily armed border from South Korea 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 Korea n 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…