American Missionary Being Held in North Korea on Espionage Charges

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PYONGYANG — An American being held in North Korea on espionage charges is a Christian missionary who was working in the nation to help the poor, reports state.

The man, who served as a pastor in Fairfax, Virginia before moving to Yanji, China, was identified as Kim Dong-chul, 60.

“He told the churches that he was a missionary working on North Korea and sending stuff from China into the North to help poor North Koreans,” fellow missionary Ma Young-ae, who said she spoke to Dong-chul in 2007, told Reuters on Tuesday. “I was shocked to see his face on TV.”

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