North Korea Detains U.S. Citizen After Unauthorized Border Crossing

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An American citizen who crossed into North Korea without authorization on Tuesday has been taken into custody by North Korean authorities, the American-led United Nations Command said. The American national crossed into North Korea during a tour of Panmunjom, or the Joint Security Area, which straddles the inter-Korean border, becoming the latest United States citizen to be detained by the isolated Communist country. The U.N. Command said in a statement that it was working with the North Korean military "to resolve this incident" but gave no further information. Both the U.N. Command and the North Korean People's Army keep duty…