US citizen detained in North Korea

Published April 23, 2017 5:53pm ET



A U.S. citizen was detained in North Korea this weekend when he attempted to leave the country, according to multiple reports Sunday.

Tony Kim, a Korean-American who had spent a month teaching an accounting course at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, was arrested Saturday morning at Pyongyang International Airport, the university’s chancellor, Chan-Mo Park, told the Associated Press.

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