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Jan 30, 2010

Man seeks asylum in N.Korea

SEOUL - A SECOND US citizen who was detained by North Korea for crossing the border has sought political asylum in the communist state, a South Korean newspaper said on Saturday. The report by the conservative Dong-A Ilbo daily could not be confirmed independently. Dong-A Ilbo, quoting an unidentified source, said the American was a 28-year-old man. He crossed the border near the city of Tumen in northeast China into North Korea's Onsong County on Monday, the daily said.

'I came here because I did not want to serve as a cannon fodder in the capitalist military. I want to serve in the North Korean army,' the American was quoted as telling North Koreans, according to the daily. However his identity including his name and occupation remained unknown, the paper said. The United States said on Friday it had been formally told by the North that it was holding a second US citizen and that authorities were investigating to find out the person's identity. -- AFP

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US MAN DETAINED IN N.KOREA
N.Korea informs of detention

WASHINGTON - THE United States said on Friday it has been formally told by North Korea that it is holding a second US citizen and that authorities are investigating to find out the person's identity. North Korea, which has no diplomatic relations with Washington, informed the United States through its mission to the United Nations in New York, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters.

But the United States is still unaware of the person's name or the circumstances in which he or she entered the reclusive communist state, he said. The United States has asked Sweden, which handles US interests in Pyongyang, to look into the case, he said. 'We do not know the identify of the citizen,' Mr Crowley said. 'That is obviously why we have already taken steps working through our protecting power, the Swedes, to seek access so we can determine who it is and the circumstances.'

The North's official Korean Central News Agency earlier said in a succinct dispatch that authorities had detained an American on Monday for crossing the border and that he was now under investigation. Mr Crowley said that the United States understands that it was a fresh case and that the report was not referring to Robert Park, another American held in the North. -- AFP

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Will be normal if Singaporean went sick of PAP and ran to North Korea.

Think about it! No ERP, No FT, No GST, No $fine, No NS, No PAP..... not bad!