Seoul: North Korea to Release New York University Student Detained Since April

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea will release a detained South Korean student from New York University.

Won Moon Joo, 21, who has permanent resident status in the United States, was arrested in April for allegedly entering North Korea illegally across the Chinese border.

In this Tuesday, July 14, 2015, file photo, Won Moon Joo, a South Korean student at New York University, is interviewed at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. Joo, a South Korean citizen and resident of the U.S. who has been detained in North Korea for five months, was presented to the media in Pyongyang on Friday, Sept. 25, and said he has not been able to contact his family but wanted them to know he is healthy. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)

Seoul's Unification Ministry says North Korea has told South Korea it that it will repatriate Joo through the border village of Panmunjom on Monday.