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Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – The United States is aware of reports that a US citizen has been detained in North Korea, the State Department said Friday, after Pyongyang declared it had arrested an American student for an unspecified “hostile act”.
“The welfare of US citizens is one of the department's highest priorities,” US State Department spokesman John Kirby said in Davos, Switzerland.
When US citizens are reported detained in North Korea, the United States works closely with the Swedish embassy in Pyongyang which assists Washington in the country, Kirby said …. http://news.yahoo.com