North Korea Says Detained American Had Intended To 'Subvert The Country'
Tony Kim, an accounting instructor in his 50s, was detained at Pyongyang's airport in April. At least two other Americans are known to be held in North Korea, sentenced to prison and hard labor.
by Laurel Wamsley
May 03, 2017
2 minutes
In late April, a university in Pyongyang said the North Korean government had detained one of its adjunct professors, a a 50-something American who taught accounting. On Wednesday, North Korea confirmed through the official Korean Central News Agency that it had indeed detained Tony Kim, and was holding him for "hostile criminal
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