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US man’s N. Korean prison life: Digging, isolation

By Washington Examiner
Published September 25, 2014 11:02am ET
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US man’s N. Korean prison life: Digging, isolation
This image taken from video shows Matthew Miller in North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. The American man recently sentenced by North Korea to six years of hard labor says he is digging in fields eight hours a day and being kept in isolation, but that so far his health isn't deteriorating. Under close guard and with only enough time to respond to one question, 24-year-old Matthew Miller spoke briefly to an Associated Press Video journalist at a Pyongyang hotel, where he had been brought to make a phone call to his family. (AP Photo/AP Video) | AP

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — An American man recently sentenced by North Korea to six years of hard labor says he is digging in fields eight hours a day and being kept in isolation, but that so far his health isn’t deteriorating.

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