This sounds like a recipe for a spike in people turning off squad fill and spawning solo just to have the plea option. Travis King, the US Army soldier who ran across the border from South Korea to North Korea last year will plead guilty, to desertion and assault charges.Travis King, the U.S. Army private who ran across the border from South Korea to North Korea last year, pleaded guilty on Friday. US soldier who crossed into North Korea walks free after pleading guilty to desertion. North Korea finally confirmed Tuesday that US soldier Travis King is being detained in the country -- nearly a month after he bolted across the border. Gyungho lives in the only South Korean village in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), mere metres from North Korea. North Korea has become the most pressing security threat facing the Trump administration. The worst was up in I Corps, which is right on the DMZ.