"North Korea is Favoring Americans over fellow Koreans"

The GNP party and Myung-Bak Lee administration should not complain about North Korea's behavior. They made no effort to maintain peace with North Korea, and little effort to get those detainees released. They didn't treat North Korea as a sibling nation, so it's disgusting to hear the GNP party and Myung-Bak Lee claim that South and North Koreans are all Koreans. --nurungji

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The GNP party has begun asking for the release of Mr.Yoo, an employee of Hyundai-Asan, who is detained in North Korea for over 130 days.

During a GNP party meeting, Junghoon Kim, the chairman of the GNP information committee, denounced North Korea for its unfair treatment favoring the two recently released American journalists over Mr.Yoo. He said that the American journalists were able to talk with their family on the phone and to meet with the Swedish Ambassador who was acting for the U.S., whereas Mr. Yoo was not seen by anyone and his well-being is not even known.

Kim says, "I don't understand why North Korea doesn't allow us to see a fellow-Korean, Mr.Yoo. I feel humiliated by its discrimination against [South] Koreans."

"According to the article 10 clause 3 of the agreement on entry to Kaesung area, 'North Korea guarantees basic rights while someone's being investigated' but those rights weren't honored," he said, insisting North Korea should allow South Korea to visit Yoo.

Jinha Hwang, a GNP policy coordination committee chief, said, "There is no explanation why Mr.Yoo is detained and we have no information about his conditions, unlike those American journalists." He urged North Korea to release Mr.Yoo and other 4 seamen who are detained as well.

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