During his appearance, Joo read a prepared statement praising the country, its people, and government.
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Seoul welcomed the North’s release of Joo Monday and called for the additional release of three South Koreans detained in the Communist country, all of whom are accused by Pyongyang of illegal entry to undermine the regime.
Later this month, families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean war will meet for a reunion, the 20th such event.
North Korea has increased its sabre rattling in the past few weeks, threatening to launch a long range missile containing a Satellite; something Seoul and Washington are very much against.
“By releasing Joo, North Korea appears to give South Korea a message showing that the North protects human rights”, said Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies.
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Upon his release, Joo was arrested by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), and is expected to undergo investigation and prosecution.
A number of interviews were then arranged as well as news conferences in Pyongyang where Joo told worldwide news media that authorities in North Korea were treating him well.
As with any hacking incident that happens in South Korea, first suspicions will always be taking into account that a North Korean state-sponsored group was at the source of this attack. A South Korean citizen with permanent residency in the United States, Joo took a semester off school to travel, entering North Korea illegally through China by climbing barbed wire fences. Won-moon said he started thinking about crossing the North Korean border in February. It added that Pyongyang should immediately release three other South Korean nationals presently being detained in the North.
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“Sending Joo means being able to receive a visiting Chinese delegation to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding the Workers’ Party of Korea (on Saturday)”, Cheong Seong-chang, head of the Unification Strategy Team at the Sejong Institute told NK News. Although they initially settled in Wisconsin, Won-moon and his family eventually moved to Rhode Island.
