American detained in North Korea

North Korea said it detained an American man for illegally entering the country from China, the second arrest of a US citizen it reported in the past few weeks.

North Korea said it detained an American man for illegally entering the country from China, the second arrest of a US citizen it reported in the past few weeks.

The man was detained on Monday and is under investigation, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said in a brief dispatch. It did not identify him by name or provide other details.

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