AMERICAN MAN HELD AS SPY IN NORTH KOREA.Byline: The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times North Korea said Sunday that it had arrested an American citizen and would imprison im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- him for espionage. The North Korean authorities identified the man as Evan Carl Hunzike, but they did not give his age or hometown or describe him further. Some American officials reached Sunday said they had never heard the name, and that a search of their databases turned up no sign of such a person. In Washington, a White House spokeswoman said officials from the Swedish Embassy had visited Hunzike about three weeks ago at a hotel where he was being held in the North Korean city of Sinuiju, but that the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. did not know where he was now. The United States and North Korea have no diplomatic relations; the Swedish charge d'affaires char·gé d'af·faires n. pl. char·gés d'affaires 1. A diplomat who temporarily substitutes for an absent ambassador or minister. 2. represents American interests in Pyongyang. ``We understand he is being treated properly,'' said the spokeswoman. ``The U.S. government is working hard to figure out why he was there.'' The North Korean Central News Agency The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) is the state news agency of North Korea and has existed since December 5, 1946. The reports mainly consist of propaganda, the personality cult of Kim Jong-il and his father. KCNA is headquartered in the capital city of Pyongyang. said the police arrested Hunzike on Aug. 24 after he illegally slipped in from China across the Yalu River Yalu River Chinese Yalu Jiang or Ya-lü Chiang Korean Amnok -kang River, eastern Asia, between northeastern China and North Korea. Some 491 mi (790 km) long, it rises on the northern border of North Korea, then flows to Korea Bay. . The report did not explain the delay in announcing the arrest. ``He admitted that he is a U.S. citizen and he illegally entered'' to gather information, the report said. It added, ``It has been proven by investigation that he was sent for espionage by South Korea's Agency for National Security Planning.'' The report concluded that Hunzike ``will have to take an appropriate penal responsibility'' under North Korean law. |
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