I take it the State Department has been busy. Well done.
In this photo provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South
Korean Won Moon Joo, center, who has a permanent resident status in the
United States, is escorted by a South Korean official at the border
village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. North
Korea freed a South Korean national who'd been attending New York
University before his detention, Seoul officials said Monday, in a
possible sign Pyongyang wants better ties with rival Seoul and may back
away from a recent threat to launch a long-range rocket later this
month. (The South Korean Unification Ministry via AP)
October 5, 2015
By Hyung-jin Kim
Seoul, South Korea (AP) — North Korea (click here) on Monday freed a South Korean national who is a student at New York University, in a possible sign it wants better ties with rival Seoul and may back away from a recent threat to launch a long-range rocket later this month.
North Korean state media said it "deported" Won Moon Joo, 21, at the border village of Panmunjom as a "humanitarian" measure about six months after he had been arrested for crossing the Chinese border into North Korea. It didn't elaborate.
South Korean officials confirmed Joo's repatriation. The National Intelligence Service, South Korea's main spy agency, said it will investigate whether Joo violated the country's anti-North Korean security law, which prohibits unapproved travel to the North.
Joo has permanent residency status in the United States. The exact motivation for his travel to North Korea wasn't clear....
In this photo provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South
Korean Won Moon Joo, center, who has a permanent resident status in the
United States, is escorted by a South Korean official at the border
village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. North
Korea freed a South Korean national who'd been attending New York
University before his detention, Seoul officials said Monday, in a
possible sign Pyongyang wants better ties with rival Seoul and may back
away from a recent threat to launch a long-range rocket later this
month. (The South Korean Unification Ministry via AP)October 5, 2015
By Hyung-jin Kim
Seoul, South Korea (AP) — North Korea (click here) on Monday freed a South Korean national who is a student at New York University, in a possible sign it wants better ties with rival Seoul and may back away from a recent threat to launch a long-range rocket later this month.
North Korean state media said it "deported" Won Moon Joo, 21, at the border village of Panmunjom as a "humanitarian" measure about six months after he had been arrested for crossing the Chinese border into North Korea. It didn't elaborate.
South Korean officials confirmed Joo's repatriation. The National Intelligence Service, South Korea's main spy agency, said it will investigate whether Joo violated the country's anti-North Korean security law, which prohibits unapproved travel to the North.
Joo has permanent residency status in the United States. The exact motivation for his travel to North Korea wasn't clear....
