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| North Korea to indict US citizen on coup charges | North Korea to indict US citizen on coup charges |
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| A US citizen is soon to go on trial on charges including attempting to overthrow North Korea's government, the North's official news agency says. | |
| KCNA says that Pae Jun-Ho has admitted the charges, without specifying when the trial will start. | |
| Pae Jun-Ho, who is known in the US as Kenneth Bae, was held last year after entering North Korea as a tourist. | |
| His indictment comes amid growing tension in relations between Pyongyang and Washington. | His indictment comes amid growing tension in relations between Pyongyang and Washington. |
| This follows North Korea's third nuclear test in February. | |
| 'Proved by evidence' | |
| "The preliminary inquiry into crimes committed by American citizen Pae Jun-Ho closed," the KCNA said in a report on Saturday. | |
| "In the process of investigation he admitted that he committed crimes aimed to topple the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) with hostility toward it. | |
| "His crimes were proved by evidence," the report added. | |
| Mr Bae is believed to be a tour operator of Korean descent. | |
| He was reportedly arrested after arriving in Rason - a special economic zone in the north-east of the country near the Russian border. | |
| Washington has so far not publicly commented on the latest development. | |
| The US and North Korea do not have diplomatic relations. The Swedish embassy in Pyongyang represents the US. | |
| In recent years North Korea has arrested and released several US citizens, including journalists and Christians accused of proselytism. |