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North Korea says detains U.S. student for ‘hostile act’
Posted On Jan 22 2016
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The state news agency claimed that the student entered North Korea nominally for tourism, though the real intention was to undermine North Korea’s unity under the USA government’s acquiescence and control.
Reuters also reported American officials at the US embassy in South Korea are aware of his current detainment.
There were no further details on what the act was – but officials said it was “tolerated and manipulated by the U.S. government”.
KCNA identified the student as Warmbier Otto Frederick, a student at the University of Virginia.
North Korea says it conducted a hydrogen bomb test on January 6.
President Park Geun-hye proposed Friday that South Korea hold talks with the United States, China and other regional partners to discuss ways to denuclearize North Korea.
International sanctions on Iran have been lifted after the International Atomic Energy Agency said that Tehran has complied with a deal with the US and five world powers to curb its nuclear capabilities.
North Korean soldiers parade through Kim Il Sung Square with their missiles and rockets during a mass military parade to celebrate the ruling party’s 70th anniversary, October 10, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
South Korea called into question Wednesday a North Korean refugee’s statements on apparently returning to her homeland, accusing Pyongyang of “distorting the facts”.
South Koreans are banned from joining a pro-Pyongyang organization or having unauthorized contact with North Korea.
The U.S. apparently remains inclined to keep the North Korean nuclear problem at arm’s length and let China take the brunt. It showed Son crying and tearing pages from her 2012 book Longing For Light – which detailed her escape from North Korea 16 years ago. Last year, South Korean-born Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim was sentenced to life in prison for alleged subversion. But because Lee didn’t retweet any posts, he was found not guilty of sharing or distributing North Korean content and was acquitted, The Guardian reports.
