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| North Korea arrests US student for 'hostile act' | |
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| North Korea says it has arrested a US student accused of committing a "hostile act" against the state. | |
| The student had entered North Korea as a tourist, said state news agency KCNA, and "aimed to destroy the country's unity". | |
| It did not give further details, but said the student was now under investigation. | |
| It said the US government had "tolerated and manipulated" the University of Virginia student. | |
| An official at the US embassy in the South Korean capital, Seoul, told Reuters news agency that it was aware of the arrest. | |
| The student is the third Westerner known to be held in North Korea. | |
| Hyeon Soo Lim, a Canadian pastor of South Korean origin, was sentenced to life imprisonment for an alleged plot to overthrow the government | |
| A Korean-American is also thought to be in North Korean detention on charges of spying. | |
| The latest incident comes amid escalating tensions, after the North said it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. The claim has not yet been confirmed. | |
| A US B-52 bomber flew over South Korea in a show of force days after the test earlier this month. | |
| South Korea has also resumed propaganda broadcasts over the border, while the North has been dropping propaganda leaflets on the South. |