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(LEAD) N. Korea says it will release detained U.S. missionary
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday it will release a U.S. missionary it is holding for illegally crossing into the communist nation, saying that the American offered "repentance of his wrongdoings."
Robert Park, a 28-year-old Christian missionary from Tucson, Arizona, entered the North across the frozen Tumen river on the border with China in late December to urge North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to free all political prisoners and improve human rights.
"The relevant organ of the DPRK decided to leniently forgive and release him, taking his admission and sincere repentance of his wrong doings into consideration," the Korean Central News Agency said. DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the North's official name.
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