DPRK decides to release American trespasser
16:26' 05/02/2010 (GMT+7)

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has decided to release an American detained for trespassing the DPRK border, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday.

 

After conducting an investigation into 28-year-old Robert Park, who was detained on the northern border of the country on Dec. 25, 2009, the DPRK decided to "leniently forgive and release him," the KCNA report said.

 

The report said the decision was based on Park's "admission and sincere repentance of his wrongdoings."

 

The report said Park said that all those he met in the DPRK treated him in a kind and gentlemanly manner and protected his rights.

 

Park's detention came months after two American female journalists, who had been arrested for illegal entry and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor, were freed by the DPRK.

 

The two journalists flew back home together with former U.S. President Bill Clinton after he paid a 20-hour private visit to Pyongyang and met with the country's top leader Kim Jong Il.

 

VietNamNet/Xinhuanet

 

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