North Korea detains third U.S. citizen

[jpak]

Source: CBS News

PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korea has detained a U.S. citizen, officials said Sunday, bringing the number of Americans being held there to three.

Tony Kim, who also goes by his Korean name Kim Sang-duk, was detained on Saturday, according to Park Chan-mo, the chancellor of the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology.

Park said Kim, who is in his 50s, taught accounting at the university for about a month. He said Kim was detained by officials as he was trying to leave the country from Pyongyang’s international airport.

A State Department official said it is aware of reports that a U.S. citizen has been detained in North Korea. The official said that the protection of U.S. citizens is one of the State Department’s highest priorities and that it works with the Swedish Embassy in cases in which Americans are reported to be detained in North Korea.

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[nycbos]

1. I have a long bucket list of places I would like to see...

...North Korea isn't one of them for many reasons but this is at the top. They detain westerners to get concessions. Wouldn't want to be used as a pawn.



I am sorry for this man and is family.

[Cryptoad]

2. No sorry for him from me

He knew he was kissing a snake when he entered NK.

[onetexan]

4. why the heck are americans going there anyway

and expose themselves to this sort of predicament. This is what i can't wrap my head around.

[nycbos]

5. Obama's graduation speech at Rutgers included the line...

... and I paraphrasing here "if you haven't all ready in the corse of your lives you all meet many people who are book smart but have zero common sense."

[FarPoint]

3. Well now...

The GOP has No One capable of negotiating a release...This will be a long, long hostage situation.

[ProudLib72]

6. Tell Kim Jong Un

we will trade him Pence, Kushner, and Tillerson for the three he has.

[Sunlei]

7. hope he didn't leave a bible behind while he was teaching at NK university. trump will 'free' him.

Tillerson will 'meet with trump in Florida over this 'horrible crisis'. He'll be set free, trump will claim credit, invite him to WH for photo opp. Pence will say, "what a great president". Spicer will bring it up at a presser.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. All Americans not imprisoned in N Korea should have left as soon as Trump was elected.

Staying in N Korea was tempting fate and they assumed the risk.