All posts tagged "joo won-moon"

  • Won Moon Joo, a South Korean student at New York University, is interviewed at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Joo, who is being detained in North Korea says he hopes to be released soon and has told his family not to worry too much about him. Joo was presented to the media in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
    Returned NYU student from N. Korea released after two days of questioning

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A South Korean college student repatriated by North Korea after months of detention in the communist state was released Wednesday after two days of questioning over his possible collaboration with Pyongyang, prosecution officials said....

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • Joo Won-moon, a New York University student, is preparing to leave North Korea. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea sends detained S. Korean NYU student back home

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea on Monday repatriated a 21-year-old South Korean student who has been detained there since April, the Unification Ministry said, in what could be a conciliatory gesture by the North to South Korea....

    • Posted October 5, 2015
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