North Korea says it has arrested an American university student for alleged anti-state acts.
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According to his LinkedIn page, Warmbier is an undergraduate student at the University of Virginia where he is studying economics and global sustainability.
On January 6, North Korea staged a nuclear test, prompting widespread worldwide disquiet.
The announcement means the South’s military operations center, the Korea Theater Missile Operation Cell, or KTMO Cell, will be linked to the U.S. TMO-CELL system via Link 16, a military tactical data exchange network already used between the United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
Before the latest detention there were believed to be two citizens from Western countries held in North Korea.
A few thousand Westerners are thought to visit North Korea each year, and Pyongyang is pushing for more tourists as a way to help its dismal economy.
The state agency reported that the student entered the country as a tourist.
In October, North Korea released a New York University student holding a USA green card six months after capturing him crossing into the country from China.
Johnson said China-based Young Pioneer Tours was in contact with Warmbier’s family and United States officials.
The U.S. apparently remains inclined to keep the North Korean nuclear problem at arm’s length and let China take the brunt.
A statement from Young Pioneer Tours says, “We can confirm that the reports that one of our clients is being detained in Pyongyang are true”. US Secretary of State John Kerry is also planning a visit to China on January 27.
In a show of strength earlier this month, a nuclear-capable US B-52 bomber – flanked by South Korean F-15 fighter jets and US F-16 planes – flew a mission just south of the inter-Korea border.
“In the past, the six-party talks were useful as a tool to try to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue through dialogue”. “Relevant parties, although it is not an easy matter, should find out various and creative approaches such as trying five-party talks excluding North Korea”, Park said.
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That in contravention of UN Security Council resolutions, and Seoul urged China to do its part to rein in its isolated neighbour.
