Spavor’s capture came on a day he’d planned to travel to Seoul, and after he’d reached out to Canadian authorities about strange questioning from the Chinese. Analysts see the two arrests as apparent retaliation for the Huawei case, though neither China nor Canada have directly linked the two cases. Article Continued BelowAlberta Native Spavor has regularly escorted foreigners on trips to North Korea through the Paektu Cultural Exchange. He spent over 20 years working in the Korean Peninsula, and first visited North Korea in 2001, it said. In a briefing Thursday, China declined to say if the Spavor and Kovrig cases were linked.

Source: thestar December 13, 2018 18:45 UTC