CNN is reporting that a previously unknown American citizen is being imprisoned by North Korea on espionage charges. Kim Dong Chul, a naturalized American, told reporter Will Ripley that he spied for "conservative elements" in South Korea and that he wanted the U.S. and South Korean governments to rescue him. Also being held was a Canadian pastor, accused of trying to overthrow the government. CNN: Kim, 62, was frogmarched into the room by stony-faced guards, who insisted that the interview be conducted in Korean, through an official translator. The translation was later independently corroborated by CNN. Kim told CNN that in 2001 he moved to Yanji, a city near the Chinese-North Korean border that acts as a trade hub between the two countries. From Yanji, Kim said he commuted daily to Rason, a special economic zone on the North Korean side of the border, where he served as president of a company involved in international trade and hotel...(Read Full Post)