Update: On Monday afternoon KST and following publication of this article, Joo Won-moon was released and handed over to South Korean authorities at Panmunjom, as intended.

North Korea on Monday afternoon said they will send New York University student Joo Won-moon to South Korea, his nation of birth, after five months’ detention.

According to the South’s Ministry of Unification (MoU), North Korea will repatriate Joo to South Korea at 5:30 p.m. The South answered that they would accept him through the truce village of Panmunjom at the DMZ.

Joo, 21, who was studying at NYU on a U.S. green card, has been detained since