SEOUL: North Korea has arrested a US tourist for “hostile activities”, Pyongyang’s state media said on Friday, bringing the total number of Americans held by the reclusive regime to three.

The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the man was being questioned, identifying him only in Korean without providing the English spelling of his name.

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