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American nabbed while trying to enter N. Korea (from Louisiana)
Yonhap News ^ | 2017/11/13

Posted on 11/15/2017 2:22:35 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

American nabbed while trying to enter N. Korea

2017/11/13 15:36

UIJEONGBU, South Korea, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. citizen was arrested by South Korean police Monday for crossing the Civilian Control Line (CCL) near the inter-Korean border without a permit in an alleged attempt to enter North Korea, authorities concerned said.

The CCL was drawn just below the Demilitarized Zone bisecting the two Koreas from the west to the east in 1954 to strictly protect the security of military facilities and operations there.

The 58-year-old American, only identified as "A," was seized at 9:55 a.m. as he trespassed on the northern side of the control line in the border county of Yeoncheon, 62km north of Seoul, according to the authorities.

A villager in the county's Baekhak Ward found and reported him to the Army in the region about one hour before his arrest.

He was captured in the nearby Misan Ward. The areas are both under the control of the Army's 28th Infantry Division.

Hailing from Louisiana, the American reportedly came to the South three days ago and violated the line to enter the communist North for political purposes.

A joint probe by the police, Army and National Intelligence Service is currently underway.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: dmz; nkorea; skorea
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To: BlueLancer; 21twelve; Tucker39; Road Warrior ‘04
Even the orginal Louisiana (Purchase) doesn't come close to North Korea:

And there's this: North Korea might be targeting Louisiana's Barksdale Air Force Base: report

21 posted on 11/15/2017 4:41:47 AM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: Gay State Conservative
Uijeongbu has been a military town for a long time. I think US troops are still there but their presence is much smaller.
22 posted on 11/15/2017 4:48:31 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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To: 21twelve
Although I guess I didn’t learn geography well enough - I didn’t realize that, according to the headline, one can enter North Korea from Louisiana!

Ya learn sumtin new every day!

23 posted on 11/15/2017 4:51:06 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: The Truth Will Make You Free

Headline writer gradiated (on purpose) from a state-run school!


24 posted on 11/15/2017 4:58:18 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: 21twelve

“.... I didn’t realize that, according to the headline, one can enter North Korea from Louisiana!”.....

Why not, it’s just a hop, skip and a jump and you’re in.


25 posted on 11/15/2017 5:04:29 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: TigerLikesRooster

stupid is as stupid does


26 posted on 11/15/2017 5:29:53 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: odawg; 21twelve

Please note that in LA there is an enormous underclass of poor blacks for whom “school” is merely a holding place for “prison”.

They put absolutely no value on the white mans’ learnin’, and they do indeed skew the curve.

Almost every Louisianan I have ever met has been Good People, and not dumb.

I love Coonasses the best!


27 posted on 11/15/2017 7:53:05 AM PST by T-Bone Texan
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