DPRK to release detained S. Korean student: Seoul

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South Korea's unification ministry said on Monday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK) notified the ministry of its plan to release a detained South Korean student having studied in New York University later in the day.

The ministry said in a statement that DPRK's Red Cross sent a notice in the morning to South Korea on its plan to set free Joo Won-moon, 21, a New York University student of South Korean nationality who has been detained in the DPRK since April 22.

The notice said Joo will be returned back to South Korea through the truce village of Panmunjom at 5:30 p.m. local time.

He was arrested by DPRK border guards on April 22 as he illegally crossed into the DPRK territory from Dandong in China's Liaoning province. The student with a U.S. green card had been residing in New Jersey before detention.

The ministry hailed the DPRK's decision to return Joo back, calling for the release of three other South Koreans who have been detained in the DPRK.

Kim Jung-wook, a South Korean missionary, was sentenced last year by a DPRK court to hard labor for life after being convicted of espionage and setting up underground church. He was arrested in October 2013.

In March, the DPRK authorities told a press conference in Pyongyang that Kim Kuk-gi and Choe Chung-gil were arrested on charges of spying activity for South Korea's spy agency.

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