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A South Korean Christian missionary is being detained in North Korea on charges of attempting
to overthrow the regime. Kim Jeong-uk, a Baptist missionary, said at
a press conference in Pyongyang on this Thursday... that he has been held since October, when
he was caught on his way to the capital with Bibles and other religious materials.
He said at the press conference that he had received financial assistance for his activities
from South Korea's spy agency... in exchange for providing information about the North.
Kim said he wanted to hold the press conference to let his family in the South know of his
whereabouts and to ask North Korea for his release.
The South's unification ministry says an investigation into the case is ongoing.