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Missionary illegally enters N. Korea

AN American missionary is believed to be in North Korean custody after he illegally entered the nation on Christmas Day in an attempt to call attention to the country's human rights conditions, an activist said yesterday.

Robert Park, 28, slipped across the frozen Tumen River into North Korea from China on Friday.

There has been no word from him since, but an activist who knows Park said he was likely arrested quickly by border guards or police in the country.

"We haven't heard anything about him since he went there," said the activist, a member of the Seoul-based group Pax Koreana, which promotes human rights. "But it's North Korea. We presume he has been arrested there."

Analysts said North Korea would most likely expel Park instead of holding him as a negotiating card.

North Korea's media did not mention Park's case.

Park, who is of Korean descent, was carrying a letter urging leader Kim Jong Il to step down and free all political prisoners, according to the activist.





 

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