N. Korea detains another American over alleged hostile acts
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korea has detained another American citizen accused of committing unspecified hostile acts against the country.
The country’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim Hak Song was detained Saturday and that “a relevant institution is now conducting detailed investigation into his crimes.”
He worked at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, the same workplace as another American, accounting instructor Kim Sang Dok, whose detention was announced last Wednesday. The KCNA didn’t say whether the two cases are connected.
The university said in a statement early Monday that Kim Hak Song was doing agricultural development work at an experimental farm. It said his detention was not related to his work at the university and therefore it could not comment further.