Seoul, January 28: North Korea said Thursday it detained an American citizen after he illegally entered the country from China, becoming the second such case in a month.
The North’s official news agency, KCNA, said the man was detained Monday and is being interrogated, without giving further details.
The US State Department has not commented on the incident as of yet.
The arrest comes after Pyongyang last month detained another US citizen, a missionary named Robert Park, for trespassing on its border with China.
South Korean activists said Park had crossed over a frozen river into North Korea several days earlier to raise the issue of human rights.
US State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Wednesday US officials are still seeking consular access to him.
The US hopes to gain access to Park through the Swedish Embassy in North Korea since Washington does not have diplomatic ties with Pyongyang.
——-Agencies