NKorea confirms it has detained an American (AP)



North Korean border guards march close to the truce village of Panmunjom at the border which divides the Korean peninsular. An American has been detained for illegal entry into the hardline Stalinist state, Pyongyang's state media said Tuesday, in an apparent reference to a Christian human rights activist.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)AP - North Korea acknowledged Tuesday it had detained an American for illegally entering the reclusive country, news welcomed by relatives of an Arizona missionary who feared they would never hear from him again after he sneaked across the border.

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