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University Spokesman: Kim and Swedish Embassy

university spokesman: Park said Kim, who is 58, taught accounting at the university for about a month, according to The Chronicle Herald. He said Kim was detained by officials as he was trying to leave the country from Pyongyang's international airport. Tony Kim, who also goes by his Korean name Kim Sang-duk, was detained on Saturday, according to Park Chan-mo, the chancellor of the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. A university spokesman said he was trying to leave with his wife on a flight to China. The embassy looks after consular affairs for the United States in North Korea because the two countries do not have diplomatic relations. The Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang said Sunday it was aware of a Korean-American citizen being detained recently, but could not comment further. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.