American in 'special' North Korean prison

A US citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for what North Korea has described as hostile acts against the state started life at a “special prison” today, state media said.

Few details were immediately available about the development for Kenneth Bae, the American arrested in November who Pyongyang accuses of trying to establish an anti-Pyongyang base in the North. Two South Korean experts on North Korean law said they did not know what a “special prison” was.