Won Moon Joo
By Hyung-Jin Kim
A South Korean student from New York University who had been detained in North Korea has been released in a possible sign the country wants better ties with rival Seoul and may back away from a recent threat to launch a long-range rocket later this month.
North Korean state media said it "deported" Won Moon Joo, 21, at the border village of Panmunjom as a "humanitarian" measure about six months after he had been arrested for crossing the Chinese border into North Korea. It didn't elaborate.
South Korean officials confirmed Joo's repatriation. The National Intelligence Service, South Korea's main spy agency, said it will investigate whether Joo violated the country's anti-North Korean security law, which prohibits unapproved travel to the North.
Joo has permanent residency status in the United States. The exact motivation for his travel to North Korea wasn't clear.
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