Highlights 1 North Korea has been criticized for its human rights record. 3 The other two Americans already held in North Korea are Otto Warmbier and Kim Dong Chul. North Korea said on Sunday it has detained another US citizen on suspicion of "hostile acts" against the state, which would make him the fourth American to be held by the isolated country amid heightened diplomatic tensions with Washington. DPRK is short for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name. The other two Americans already held in North Korea are Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old student, and Kim Dong Chul, a 62-year-old Korean-American missionary.

Source: India Today May 07, 2017 23:37 UTC