NYU Student detained in North Korea

A U.S citizen and a student at New York University , Joo Won-moon, has been detained in North Korea. He has not been allowed to return home, or speak to his family yet, however, the North Korean government is still determining his punishment. Woo-moon is a South Korean national, but climbed a barbed fence to get into North Korea. It is unclear why he came into the country, but regardless the whole situation sounds a little peculiar to me. The only claims that Woo-moon has made in regards to North Korea is how well they are treating him, and how he hopes that one day he will be able to speak to his family. Jon-Woo-moon says, "There's no need to worry because the people here have treated me with the best of humanitarian treatment," Joo said. "I've been fed well, and I've slept well and I've been very healthy." In the past detainees have not made these kinds of claims for the North Korean government. It is under my opinion that either Joo Woo-moon said this involuntarily, or he is trying to achieve something with the North Korean United States relations. Woo- moon also speaks about this Wednesday is when the South Korean authorities are expected to speak on Joo-Woo’s fate and come to a conclusion.