On Tuesday U.S. officials said that an American has been held in North Korea for over a month. Kenneth Bae who has traveled to North Korea many times before this however the United States government does not think that he is being harmed or mistreated in any way. A U.S. official had said that he was involved in a Protestant religious movement. They say that the Swedish people is protecting power for the United States in North Korea. Officials said that they are they to get the consular access on getting him released. According to South Korea's "Yonhap" News he was a tour operator and he had entered in North Korea at a city of Rajin along with 5 other tourists. This was first reported in South Koreas newspaper. They said that one of the tour members carried a computer hard disk "that had sensitive information," in a Korean-language paper. The U.S. State Department Victoria Nuland said that only the United States is aware of Bae's detention.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/11/world/asia/american-held-north-korea/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
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