World News - North Korea admitted to having detained a U.S. citizen on charges of "criminal acts" against the state.
June Young Su, a U.S. citizen of Korean descent, was arrested in November last year, according to North Korean news agency, KCNA, Thursday (14 / 4).
Previously the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States to ensure a U.S. citizen detained in North Korea. U.S. has officially requested that the person is released on humanitarian grounds.
The North Korean government does not provide any further explanation about the background of this American citizen.
According to the United States government, Swedish diplomats in Pyongyang have been visiting the prisoners.
United States does not have official diplomatic relations with North Korea. So that the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang helped citizens of the United States needs in the communist country.
In 2009, two former U.S. president to visit Pyongyang as an envoy to free U.S. citizens held there.
News of this arrest U.S. citizens appeared before the visit of Hillary Clinton's Foreign Minister to Seoul this weekend to discuss alleged nuclear weapons development by North Korea.
There is pressure for North Korea would return in international talks on the issue of this nuclear.
Later this month, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter also will fly to Pyongyang on a personal visit to discuss nuclear weapons, and also seek the release of a detained U.S. citizen.
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