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You are here: Home / News / World News / N Korea says it has detained a US Citizen

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.

State media said in a short dispatch that someone named Pae Jun Ho entered North Korea on Nov. 3 as a tourist, but was detained because of crimes.

The North said the crimes were “proven through evidence,” but didn’t elaborate.

Pyongyang has detained and eventually released several Americans in recent years. Some have been journalists and others Christians accused of religious proselytizing.

In 2009, two journalists were detained after crossing into the North from China while on a reporting trip. They were later released.

South Korean activists have told local media in Seoul that the detained man is a Korean American and was taken into custody after entering North Korea to guide tourists. He operates a tourism company that specializes in North Korea, the reports said.

The North Korean dispatch said officials from the Swedish Embassy met with the American on Friday, but there were no other details about the meeting.

Karl-Olof Andersson, Sweden’s ambassador to North Korea, told The Associated Press he could not comment on the case and referred the matter to the U.S. State Department. Sweden represents the United States in diplomatic affairs in North Korea, since Washington and Pyongyang do not have diplomatic relations.

The detained American is undergoing “legal treatment,” according to North Korea’s criminal law, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said. (end)

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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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