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North Korea said on Friday it will free an American detained for reportedly proselytizing after a visiting U.S. official expressed regret. Eddie Jun was arrested in November and accused of committing a serious crime against North Korea, the North\u2019s official Korean Central News Agency said. Pyongyang didn\u2019t provide details about the alleged crime, but South Korean press reports say Mr. Jun, a Korean\u2014American with business interests in North Korea, was accused of spreading Christianity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert King, the U.S. envoy for North Korean human rights who is visiting the country this week, \u201cexpressed regret at the incident on behalf of the U.S. government and assured that it would make all its efforts to prevent the recurrence of similar incident,\u201d North Korea\u2019s news agency said. Mr. King is leading an American delegation trying to verify food supply surveys by the United Nations and U.S.\u2014based charities and see if there are ways to monitor aid distribution. Officials at the U.S. embassies in Seoul and Beijing declined to comment. Former President Jimmy Carter also asked for Mr. Jun\u2019s pardon during a recent visit, the North said.<\/p>\n

North Korea gave M. Jun medical treatment and allowed him to make regular contact with the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang, which represents U.S. interests in the country, and to talk by phone with his family, the North Korean news agency said. The United States, which fought on South Korea\u2019s side during the 1950\u201453 Korean War, doesn\u2019t have diplomatic staff based inside North Korea. Several Americans have been detained in North Korea in recent years, and they were often freed only after high\u2014profile negotiations. During another visit in August, Mr. Carter brought home a man sentenced to eight years\u2019 hard labour for crossing into the country from China. Korean\u2014American missionary Robert Park walked into North Korea on Christmas Day 2009 to draw attention to the North\u2019s alleged human rights abuses and to call for the resignation of leader Kim Jong Il.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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