North Korea 'detains US
citizen Kim Hak-song'
North Korea says it has detained a
US citizen on suspicion of "hostile acts" against the state.
Kim Hak-song
worked at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) and was
held on 6 May, state-run new s agency KCNA said. Three other US citizens are
currently held in North Korea, including Kim Sang-duck, who had taught at PUST. The
US has in the past accused North Korea of detaining its citizens to use them as
pawns. KCNA said that "a relevant institution" was "conducting
[a] detailed investigation" into Kim Hak-song's alleged crimes.
It gave no
further details. A State Department official said Washington was "aware of
reports that a US citizen was detained in North Korea", adding it would
liaise with the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang, which helps look after US interests in North Korea.
Kim Hak-song
had previously described himself as a Christian missionary who intended to
start an experimental farm at PUST, Reuters news agency reported, citing an
online post by Mr Kim.
Inside North Korea's
Western-funded university
PUST is a
university that mostly teaches the children of North Korea's elite. It was
founded in 2010 by a Korean-American Christian entrepreneur, with much of the
costs funded by US and South Korea Christian charities.
Several
foreign lecturers are thought to teach at the university. Image copyright AFP
Image caption Another US citizen, Kim Dong-chul, was sentenced to 10 years'
hard labour last year The detention comes amid heightened tensions between
North Korea and the US.
Pyongyang
has threatened to carry out a new nuclear test - while the US has sent a
warship to the region and vowed to stop the North from developing nuclear
weapons. On Friday, North Korea accused US and South Korean agents of plotting
to kill its Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un.
The US and
South Korean governments did not comment on the allegations, but experts were
sceptical about the claim. Image copyright Reuters Image caption Otto Warmbier
was arrested in North Korea in January 2016 Kim Hak-song's arrest makes him the
fourth US citizen to be held by Pyongyang.
The other US
detainees are:
Kim
Sang-duck, a lecturer who taught at PUST and was detained in April for
allegedly attempting to "overturn" the government. South Korean media
said he was 55 and had been involved in humanitarian work in the North Kim
Dong-chul, 62, who was sentenced to 10 years' hard labour for spying last year.
Student Otto
Warmbier, 22, who was sentenced to 15 years' hard labour for trying to steal a
propaganda sign from a hotel
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Three other
US citizens are currently held in North Korea, including Kim Sang-duck, who
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had taught
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Kim Hak-song
worked at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST)
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and was
held on 6 May, state-run new s agency KCNA said
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It was
founded in 2010 by a Korean-American Christian entrepreneur, with much of the costs
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funded by US
and South Korea Christian charities.
adding it
would liaise with the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang, which helps look after US
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interests in
North Korea.
The US and
South Korean governments did not comment on the allegations, but experts were
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sceptical
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Kim
Hak-song's arrest makes him the fourth US citizen to be held by
Pyongyang.
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The US has
in the past accused North Korea of detaining its citizens to use them as
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Kim Hak-song had previously described himself as a Christian
missionary who intended to start an experimental farm at PUST
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Kim Hak-song worked at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology
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The
detention comes amid heightened tensions between North Korea and the US.
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Pyongyang
has threatened to carry out a new nuclear test - while the US has sent a
warship to the region and vowed to
stop the North from developing nuclear weapons.
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On Friday, North Korea accused US and South Korean agents of plotting to
kill its Supreme Leader, Kim
Jong-un.
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The US and South Korean governments did not
comment on the allegations, but experts were sceptical about the
claim.
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Kim Hak-song worked at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology
(PUST)
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PUST is a university that mostly teaches the children of North Korea's
elite.
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Kim Hak-song had previously described himself as a Christian missionary who
intended to start an experimental farm at PUST
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Kim Sang-duck, a lecturer who taught at PUST and was detained in April for
allegedly attempting to "overturn" the government
(COPULA, DECLARATIVE, OBLIQUE OBJECT)
The US and South Korean governments did not comment on the allegations, but
experts were sceptical about the claim.
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OBJECT)
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