North Korea detains US citizen on suspicion of spying, reports claim

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

The government of North Korea has detained a US citizen on suspicion of spying, CNN reported on Monday.

CNN also broadcast an interview with a Canadian citizen who is serving a life sentence in a North Korean labour camp.

On Monday, the news channel said an American man identified as Kim Dong Chul was being held by the Pyongyang government and that authorities had accused him of engaging in spying and stealing state secrets.

CNN displayed Kim’s US passport and said that he had lived in China for many years but had also resided in Fairfax, Virginia.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/11/north-korea-detains-us-american-citizen-spying

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Associated Press in Washington
Monday 11 January 2016 13.38 GMT

[rtracey]

1. Why

Why are these people going into this country. They know, they are opening themselves up to being captured. If the story of the hydrogen bomb is true, and the intel is true, time for the US to pay North Korea a "little visit"...( in my OWN OPINION).

[iandhr]

2. How brainless does someone have to be

to go to North Korea?

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. Every American has to know that he/she becomes nothing more than a pawn/bargaining chip when....

they go N. Korea. Why would anyone do that? And if you do, you should go with the full knowledge that you're on your own.

[FLPanhandle]

4. Darwin award winner

An American willingly visiting North Korea.

[7962]

5. Posts 1-4 say it all. I dont get it either.