AFP, SEOULA foreign-funded university in North Korea yesterday confirmed the arrest of a US citizen — the second American linked to the school detained in two weeks amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The detention of Kim Hak-song means that North Korea is now holding four Americans, with the two countries at loggerheads over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile ambitions. North Korea detained Kim on Saturday for “hostile acts,” the Korean Central News Agency said on Sunday, adding that he had worked for the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST). The school confirmed Kim’s arrest, saying he was detained as he was about to leave the country after a visit of several weeks. North Korea has occasionally jailed US citizens and released them only after visits by high-profile political figures including former US president Bill Clinton.

Source: Taipei Times May 08, 2017 16:08 UTC