Washington,
\nUS President Donald Trump hinted on Thursday that there would be imminent news about three Americans detained in North Korea, after sources said they had been relocated ahead of their possible release.<\/p>\n
The development comes as Trump is preparing for a historic summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe past Administration has long been asking for three hostages to be released from a North Korean Labour camp, but to no avail. Stay tuned!\u201d Trump wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n
The United States has been demanding the North free Kim Hak-song, Kim Sang-duk and Kim Dong-chul and reports have said the two sides were close to reaching a deal on their release.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are staying in a hotel on the outskirts of Pyongyang,\u201d Choi Sung-ryong, a South Korean activist with contacts in the North told AFP earlier, adding the three were being kept separately but \u201cgoing on tours, receiving medical treatment and eating good food.\u201d Diplomatic sources in Pyongyang have said there were rumours that the three had been relocated, but there had been no confirmation of their exact whereabouts.<\/p>\n
The release of the three men was discussed when US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo travelled to Pyongyang last month, according to the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n
Kim Dong-chul, a South Korea-born American pastor, has been detained in the North since 2015 when he was arrested for spying. He was sentenced to 10 years\u2019 hard labour in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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