North Korea claimed Saturday that an Australian student who was released by the country after being detained for a week had spread anti-Pyongyang propaganda and engaged in espionage.
Sigley arrived in Tokyo on Thursday after telling reporters he was in"very good" condition, without saying what happened to him.
He had been studying at a Pyongyang university and guiding tours in the North Korean capital before disappearing from social media contact with family and friends. KCNA said Sigley abused his status as a student by"combing" through Pyongyang and providing photos and other information to news sites such as NK News and other"anti-DPRK" media — a reference to the North's formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.Sigley was released byfollowing intervention by Swedish diplomats. After Sigley's arrival in Beijing, he went to Tokyo to reunite with his wife, who is Japanese.
North Korea has been accused in the past of detaining Westerners and using them as political pawns to gain concessions., who was convicted of attempting to steal a propaganda poster and imprisoned in North Korea.Associated Press
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