North Korea has arrested a U. S. citizen it accuses of planning an assassination attempt against leader Kim Jong Un. North Korea has arrested a U. S. citizen it accuses of planning an assassination attempt against leader Kim Jong Un. Officials named the alleged…<\/b>
\nNorth Korea has arrested a U. S. citizen it accuses of planning an assassination attempt against leader Kim Jong Un. Officials named the alleged assassin as Kim Hak Song, a U. S. citizen who works at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. He is the second university employee detained by North Korean officials in the last week. Pyongyang now holds four Americans in its prisons. According to state-run media accounts, the CIA converted Kim Hak Song into a \u201cterrorist full of repugnance and revenge against the supreme leadership.\u201d The Ministry of State Security vowed to \u201cferret out to the last one\u201d the plot\u2019s organizers, conspirators, and followers, suggesting Kim Jong Un might be preparing another purge of officials he considers a threat to his leadership. Media outlets promised a \u201cKorean-style anti-terrorist attack\u201d in retaliation for the alleged attempt to kill Kim.<\/p>\n