The state-run Korean Central News Agency has announced that American Matthew Miller is to be tried next Sunday on undisclosed charges.
Miller, 24, attracted international attention in April when KCNA reports said that he, upon entering the North, destroyed his tourist visa and announced his intention to seek asylum. State media reported the incident in late April, two weeks after it reportedly took place.
He has since been held captive, and nearly a week ago was one of three detained Americans in the North to appear in foreign media to plead for help.
During the brief interview with CNN at