North Korea said on Saturday that it would put a US citizen on trial for trying to overthrow the communist regime, in the face of soaring tensions between Pyongyang and the West. The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said U.S. citizen Pae Jun-Ho had admitted to the charges and would soon face "judgment." A 44-year-old Korean-American tour operator, Pae was arrested in November as he entered the port city of Rason, which lies inside a special economic zone near North Korea's border with Russia and China. Activist Do Hee-Yoon told AFP that he suspected Pae was arrested because he took photographs of emaciated children in the country hoping to get them more outside aid.
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