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North Korea preparing to try 2 American tourists

July 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – North Korea said on June 30 it is preparing to try two Americans who entered the country as tourists for carrying out what it says were hostile acts against it.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Jeffrey Edward Fowle, Jen Psaki, KCNA, Kenneth Bae, Korean American, Korean Central News Agency, North Korean, North Port, Pyongyang Marathon, Sergei Luzginov, State Department, Swedish Embassy, Tatyana Fowle, United States, Vol 33 No 29 | July 12 - July 18

US calls for NKorea amnesty for sentenced American

May 12, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington and Sam Kim The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The United States called May 3 for North Korea to grant amnesty and immediately release a Korean American sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for “hostile acts” against the state.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, China, Democratic People, Euna Lee, Jay Carney, Jimmy Carter, Kim Jong-un, Laura Ling, North Korean, Patrick Cronin, Patrick Ventrell, Russia, Swedish Embassy, United States, Vol 32 No 20 | May 11 - May 17, WASHINGTON, White House

N. Korea charges Washington state man in plot to overthrow government regime

May 4, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea announced April 27 that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, a crime that could draw the death penalty if he is convicted.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, China, DPRK, Dongguk University, Euna Lee, Jen Psaki, Kenneth Bae, Koh Yu-hwan, Laura Ling, North Korean, Pae Jun Ho, President Bill Clinton, Russia, South Korean, Supreme Court, Swedish Embassy, United States, Vol 32 No 19 | May 4 - May 10

N Korea says it has detained a US Citizen

January 5, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday that it has detained an American citizen who has confessed to unspecified crimes.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, China, Korean American, Korean Central News Agency, North Korea, PYONGYANG, Pae Jun Ho, South Korean, State Department, Sweden, Swedish Embassy, United States, Vol 32 No 2 | January 5 - January 11

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