A North Korean university has named
the US citizen detained at the weekend as Kim Sang-duk, also known as Tony Kim.
According to reports, the Korean-American
lecturer taught at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, PUST, for
several weeks prior to his arrest.
Kim was arrested just as he was
about to leave Pyongyang.
North Korean authorities have not
yet disclosed the reason for the arrest. Kim, who is in his late 50s, was involved in
aid programmes and had been in North Korea to discuss relief activities.
He reportedly taught at Yanbian
University of Science and Technology in China, which is affiliated to PUST.
Meanwhile, the US State Department
said it was aware of reports of the detention, but would not commented further
because of privacy considerations.
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