NYU Student Won Man Joo Defects to North Korea

NYU Student Won Man Joo Defects to North Korea ---
tags: asian suspect, defection, North Korea, student suspect

April 22, 2015 New York University (NYU) student Won-moon Joo was arrested on April 22 in North Korea. He says he was taking a semester off to find work in California, then decided to enter the totalitarian nation by hiking from the Great Wall of China, scale two barbed wire fences and crossing a river before allowing himself to be arrested. State-run media reported he had confessed to breaking North Korean law. He says there’s no need to worry, because the people here have treated me with the best of humanitarian treatment,”




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US student held in North Korea tells CNN: 'I wanted to be arrested'
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Won Man Joo: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know Heavy.com‎

NYU student detained in North Korea gives bizarre first TV interview: 'I am well and there's no need to worry' New York Daily News‎   spins a wild tale about taking a semester off to find work in California, then spontaneously trying to entering the totalitarian nation by hiking from the Great Wall of China, scaling two barbed wire fences and crossing a river before allowing himself to be arrested. His strange sentiments come after state-run media reported he had confessed to breaking North Korean law. Joo was at NYU’s Stern School of Business but did not enroll in classes this semester, the school said.

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