All posts tagged "nyu"

  • 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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  • 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)
    N. Korea presents detained NYU student to media

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A South Korean citizen and resident of the U.S. who has been detained in North Korea for five months was presented to the media in Pyongyang on Friday and said he has...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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  • 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)
    NYU student detained in N. Korea hopes for release

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A South Korean student from New York University who is being detained in North Korea for allegedly entering the country illegally said Tuesday that he hopes to be released soon. Joo Won-moon,...

    • Posted July 14, 2015
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  • joo won-moon, nyu student
    Detained NYU student wanted to be arrested in N. Korea

    SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) — A South Korean college student detained in North Korea has claimed he entered the communist country illegally in the hopes that some “great” event could happen to improve inter-Korean ties, a news...

    • Posted May 5, 2015
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  • Kim Jong-un and his administration deny accusations of human rights violations from the United Nations. (Yonhap/KCNA)
    S. Korea urges N. Korea to free detained NYU student

    SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) — South Korea urged North Korea Monday to release a South Korean college student with a U.S. green card detained in the North for illegal entry. North Korea announced over the weekend that...

    • Posted May 4, 2015
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