Detained American in North Korea gets trial date

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean state media says detained American Matthew Miller will be tried next Sunday. The announcement came less than a week after the detainee made a rare foreign media appearance to plead for help.

Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said Sunday that the Supreme Court decided to "judge" Miller on Sept. 14. It did not elaborate on specific charges against him, although past reports have accused him of hostile acts.

Miller was detained after entering the country April 10, when he tore up his tourist visa at the airport and shouted that he wanted to seek asylum, KCNA has reported.

Last week, Miller and two other detained Americans made a rare foreign media appearance and called for Washington to send a high-ranking representative to negotiate their freedom.



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[still_one]

1. He tore up his tourist visa? Very weird

[davidpdx]

2. Ok I'm going to go out on a limb

and say guilty.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I saw the interviews with those who are being held in North Korea

And this one baffled me. Why did he go there, let alone tear up his visa and ask for asylum?

[jmowreader]

4. This guy's just a basic pain in the ass

My prediction: they sentence this one to be taken to Panmunjom, be thrown into South Korea and told never come back to North Korea again, and they give the two evangelists five-to-ten in the worst labor camp in North Korea as a warning to the others.

[Earth_First]

5. How's that asylum working out for you?

Dumbass.

[PADemD]

6. Travel to NK

In my opinion, any American who wants to visit North Korea should be required to make a down payment of the full amount of dollars it would cost for the State Department to rescue them should they be detained. The deposit could be refunded upon their return, only if they are not detained by North Korea.