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U.S. student sentenced to 15 years hard labor in North Korea

Details of sentencing yet to be revealed

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly sourced the news to KCNA

A U.S. student on Wednesday received a 15-year sentence of hard labor in North Korea, the Kyodo and AP news agencies said on Wednesday, the third American to be detained in the past 12 months.

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