American man caught while swimming to North Korea

[webfact]

American Man Caught While Swimming to North Korea

MOSCOW, September 17, 2014 (RIA Novosti) – A US citizen was caught by South Korean soldiers while trying to swim across the river that separates the country from North Korea, the South Korean Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday.

“A male American citizen was arrested last night while attempting to swim across the river to North Korea”, a Defense Ministry spokesperson told AFP.

The man was found lying exhausted on the southern bank of the Han River, meters away from the North-South border. Investigators said the man had planned to meet with North Korean leader Kin Jong-un, reports the Guardian.

The heavily militarized border between the two Koreas is a dangerous place to attempt border crossings. A handful of North Koreans regularly attempt to escape the country, however many had been fatally shot by the border guards, according to a recent UN report on North Korean human rights violations.

Full story: http://en.ria.ru/world/20140917/193014218/American-Man-Caught-While-Swimming-to-North-Korea.html

-- RIA Novosti 2014-09-17

[TVGerry]

These people are idiots. I mean swimming to North Korea? Even if you wanted to defect. The North Koreans would just throw you into jail anyway.

[Costas2008]

Another one eligible for the Darwin award.

Presented to him in jail in North Korea.

[Jingthing]

Basketball fan?

Has defecting to NK replaced jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge?

[webfact]

American tourist loves North Korea and Kim Jong-un

American tourists must love North Korea. Despite warnings by the US State Department not to travel to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a record number of US tourists do. One American visitor to Korea loved traveling to the Northern Korea so bad, he tried to swim across the Han River in the Gyeonggi Province. The river borders South and North Korea.

He was arrested by South Korean border guards. The arrest took place around midnight on Tuesday.

The reason for the American to cross into North Korea was to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Surprisingly, this is not the first time someone has been spotted trying to swim into North Korea. In September of last year, a South Korean man was seen attempting to cross the border, only to be shot and killed by troops guarding the border.

The American’s arrest also comes just a few days after US citizen Matthew Todd Miller received six years in a labor camp by a North Korean court. The 24-year-old was sentenced for violating his tourist status.

Source: http://www.eturbonews.com/50397/american-tourist-loves-north-korea-and-kim-jong-un

-- eTN 2014-09-17

[Basil B]

Another one of Edward Snowdon's co workers going to sell military secrets???

[Langsuan Man]

I must be getting old, I remember when my US Passport specifically stated "Travel to Cuba and North Korea prohibited"

[Seastallion]

Arrested by the South. What's the charge? Failure to fill a departure card?

[Jean Pierre Jacquot]

Oh dear, these Americans...

[Credo]

It's just not one of the places on my bucket list.

[klauskunkel]

Couldn't wait for winter when the river freezes and one can skate across. No, had to swim and be all wet and exhausted...Oaf

[Pii Kate]

Oh dear, these Americans...

Hey, every country has a few unstable folk that forget to take their Lithium for a few months.

signed, An American.

[ABCer]

Why catch him?

Give him a PFD (personal floating device) and let him go.

Stupid allies.

[steelepulse]

Dumbass!

[Kabula]

As an American, I'm getting embarrassed often by the behaviors of fellow American citizens.

Ignorance and stupidity seems to be the new norm for many, not all.

[F430murci]

Publicus, was that you?

[belg]

dennis rodman got lost during a night swim ?

lol

[JacChang]

Now I understand why Kimchi Yoon must fire missiles at the water. People just love coming here, we can't allow that to happen now, can we? It would cause overpopulation.

[loongdavid]

Oh dear, these Americans...

Hey, every country has a few unstable folk that forget to take their Lithium for a few months.

signed, An American.

Yes, but by shear weight of numbers Americans take the cake! It only goes to prove the long held belief that Americans have little or no knowledge of the outside world - hence their abysmal foreign policy.

[Bristol]

^{An idealistic moron!}

[BernieOnTour]

What's his name? - Rambo ?

[wabothai]

May be he forgot which side was which. I bet you the border guards did not know how to handle this one.

[Jingthing]

Oh dear, these Americans...

Hey, every country has a few unstable folk that forget to take their Lithium for a few months.

signed, An American.

Yes, but by shear weight of numbers Americans take the cake! It only goes to prove the long held belief that Americans have little or no knowledge of the outside world - hence their abysmal foreign policy.

How idiotic to consider the actions of some madmen private citizens as having anything at all to do with American foreign policy.

[atyclb]

Oh dear, these Americans...

Hey, every country has a few unstable folk that forget to take their Lithium for a few months.

signed, An American.

Yes, but by shear weight of numbers Americans take the cake! It only goes to prove the long held belief that Americans have little or no knowledge of the outside world - hence their abysmal foreign policy.

that foreign policy is designed to own the world.

[atyclb]

Just a side thought; could that swimmer be a pattaya bound multi tourist visa person

recently denied entry back into thailand ???

[Jingthing]

Oh dear, these Americans...

Hey, every country has a few unstable folk that forget to take their Lithium for a few months.

signed, An American.

Yes, but by shear weight of numbers Americans take the cake! It only goes to prove the long held belief that Americans have little or no knowledge of the outside world - hence their abysmal foreign policy.

that foreign policy is designed to own the world.

Got out on the paranoid side of bed this morning?

[catweazle]

Casting for a Monty Python movie gone wrong, perhaps?

[CMNightRider]

Publicus, was that you?

You beat me to the punch on that one. :-)

[Loptr]

As an American, I'm getting embarrassed often by the behaviors of fellow American citizens.

Ignorance and stupidity seems to be the new norm for many, not all.

Then you'll get a kick out of this one...

http://myfox8.com/2014/05/20/naked-man-jumps-through-sunroof-of-car-attacks-woman/

They be having goooood drugs in the US these days...

[CMNightRider]

Oh dear, these Americans...

Hey, every country has a few unstable folk that forget to take their Lithium for a few months.

signed, An American.

Yes, but by shear weight of numbers Americans take the cake! It only goes to prove the long held belief that Americans have little or no knowledge of the outside world - hence their abysmal foreign policy.

Wow, what prompted the America hater comment?