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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

North Korea Hold U.S. Citizens


A citizen of the United States (U.S.) detained by the government of North Korea (North Korea) a few weeks ago. However, this case only surfaced a few days later.

As reported by the CNN page, Tuesday, April 12, 2011, the U.S. government is currently seeking release of detained nationals in prison North Korea. U.S. to get support from the Embassy of Sweden in North Korea to convey these demands.

The United States Government through the Embassy of Sweden asked the government to free the North Korean citizens on the basis of humanity.

Known, it is a U.S. citizen of Korean descent who was doing business in the North. He entered North Korea several months ago lawfully using the current visa. It is unclear why he was detained by the North.

"I do not know the details of why he was detained, but we are calling on North Korea's government to free our citizens with humanitarian reasons. We also expect North Korea to respect and treat this with the behavior of citizens in accordance with international human rights," said a spokeswoman for the Department of the Interior U.S., Mark Toner.



North Korea and the U.S. did not get along well known. In recent years North Korean government arrested several U.S. citizens. August last year, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was forced to intervene to liberate Aijalon Mahli Gomes, an American missionary in Korea who declared illegal entry.
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