朝鲜说，他们拘留了一名美国学生，因为他涉嫌从事针对朝鲜的敌对活动，但是没有具体说明是什么活动。
朝中社的报道说，这名学生是来自维吉尼亚大学的奥托·弗里德里克·沃姆比尔，他以旅游者身份进入朝鲜，意图破坏朝鲜的团结。
朝中社没有具体说明这名学生被控的罪行，但表示他的行动得到了“美国政府的纵容和操纵”，报道没有进一步说明，但声称目前正在进行调查。
沃姆比尔的领英（LinkedIn）网页显示，他是维吉尼亚大学的本科生，专业是经济学和全球持续性发展。
路透社说，沃姆比尔是在参加 “青年志愿者之旅”的活动去朝鲜旅游期间，于1月2日被拘留的。旅游公司说，他们正在尽全力争取沃姆比尔获释。
路透社还援引美国驻首尔大使馆一名官员的话说，华盛顿了解有关沃姆比尔被捕的消息。
North Korea says it has detained a U.S. student on suspicion of carrying out an unspecified “hostile act against the state.”
The Korean Central News Agency says the student, identified as Otto Frederick Warmbier from the University of Virginia, entered North Korea as a tourist with the aim “to destroy the country’s unity.”
KCNA did not lay out the student’s alleged crimes, but said his acts were “tolerated and manipulated by the U.S. government.” It did not elaborate, but said an investigation was under way.
According to his LinkedIn page, Warmbier is an undergraduate student at the University of Virginia where he is studying economics and global sustainability.
He was arrested on January 2 while on a tour of North Korea arranged by Young Pioneer Tours, according to the Reuters news agency. The tour company said it was doing “all we can” to secure Warmbier’s release.
Reuters also quoted an official at the U.S. embassy in Seoul as saying Washington was aware of the reports of the arrest.