A Vietnam veteran and his friend took a trip/vacation to North Korea. After all was said and done, they were about to leave from the country when- five minutes before the plane took off- the man was detained.
"The U.S. State Department declined Thursday to confirm Newman's identity or whether he had been detained, citing privacy issues. North Korea has not publicly acknowledged that it is holding Newman."
Questions of the man's military services in the Vietnam war have also been questioned as to why he has been detained. There are just so many questions as to why this man is being held in the country. This has become a major issue with North Korea and other countries as well in the past and will be in the future. North Korea's lack of communication and compliance to other country's questions has been a major factor in the understanding of the country's doings.
Back in 2009 another American was arrested and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. This was because the American was said to be a threat and tried to topple the government.
It is interesting how different political systems work. I think that North Korea has one of the more strict especially against those from America.
What do you think about these different international political systems compared to the US? Do you think these events by North Korea compare to any the US has done in the past two or so decades?
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/21/world/asia/north-korea-detained-american/index.html
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