N. Korea deepens probe of detained S. Korean worker: state media

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, May 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is deepening its investigation of a South
Korean worker it has detained at a joint industrial complex for over a month, its
state media reported Friday.

It also quoted the official as warning of "consequences" should South Korea
continue to raise allegations of human rights violations over the detention.
The employee of Hyundai Asan Corp. was detained by North Korean authorities in
the border city of Kaesong on March 30 on charges of denouncing the North's
political system and trying to tempt a local female worker to defect.
North Korea has refused to grant South Korea access to the worker, identified by
his family name Yu and in his 40s.
"A competent institution is now carrying on a deep-going investigation into the
case," the Korean Central News Agency said, quoting an unnamed North Korean
spokesman.
samkim@yna.co.kr
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