North Korea accuses freed Australian student of spying

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North Korea claimed Saturday that an Australian student who was released by the country after being detained for a week had spread anti-Pyongyang propaganda and engaged in espionage.

Sigley arrived in Tokyo on Thursday after telling reporters he was in"very good" condition, without saying what happened to him.

He had been studying at a Pyongyang university and guiding tours in the North Korean capital before disappearing from social media contact with family and friends. KCNA said Sigley abused his status as a student by"combing" through Pyongyang and providing photos and other information to news sites such as NK News and other"anti-DPRK" media — a reference to the North's formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.Sigley was released byfollowing intervention by Swedish diplomats. After Sigley's arrival in Beijing, he went to Tokyo to reunite with his wife, who is Japanese.

North Korea has been accused in the past of detaining Westerners and using them as political pawns to gain concessions., who was convicted of attempting to steal a propaganda poster and imprisoned in North Korea.Associated Press

 

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I have no sympathy for anyone who voluntarily goes to North Korea.

He was blessed by Un. Stealing in NK is dealing with a death penalty in the hard labor camp. Stop being a theft in other country, it disgraces and degrades yours and your people.

IF YOU ARE A STUDENT BE A STUDENT. DONT PLAY GAMES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. YOU COULD GET JAIL TIME

Bloody hell theyre a sensitive paranoid bunch

North Korea: where farting is viewed as a political statement against Kim Jong Un. 🙃

TshepoMathekga looks like people from other nations can study in North Korea who knew 🤔

Honestly surprised they didn't beat him into a vegetative state then charge Australia to fly him home, where he dropped dead.

See world, were not THAT bad (but don’t ask about how we treat our own citizens).

ottos parents keep there tanker

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