May 03, 2024
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N.Korea frees Japanese national on ‘humanitarian’ grounds: KCNA

Japanese national released less than a month after detention during tourist visit

North Korean authorities have released a Japanese man who entered the country as a tourist, the state-run KCNA said on Sunday, but without specifying details of any alleged criminal conduct.

"Tomoyuki Sugimoto, who visited the DPRK as a Japanese tourist recently, was kept under control by a relevant institution to be inquired into his crime against the law of the DPRK," the KCNA said.

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