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hrmjustin

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Fri Jun 6, 2014, 05:07 PM Jun 2014

North Korea: We've detained another American [View all]

By K.J. Kwon and Jethro Mullen, CNN

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea announced Friday that it has detained a U.S. citizen who it says entered the secretive country as a tourist in April and broke the law.

The news brings the number of Americans believed to be held in the communist nation to three.

The North's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported that authorities are investigating a man who it said violated the law by acting "contrary to the purpose of tourism."

In a brief English-language article, KCNA gave the American's name as Jeffrey Edward Fowle, saying he arrived as a tourist on April 29. It didn't give any other details.


http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/06/world/asia/north-korea-detained-american/

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