Alek Sigley

An Australian student who was briefly detained in North Korea last year over spy charges said he had been kidnapped by secret police and forced to make a false confession, according to an article written by him and seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

An Australian student arrested for spying and expelled from North Korea last year said he was forced to write a false confession while held incommunicado.

North Korea's state news agency said on Saturday an Australian student who was expelled from the country after 10 days' detention had committed "spying acts" through his work with foreign media.

An Australian student who was released after being held in North Korea had been "spying" in the reclusive country, state media said Saturday.

An Australian student who was briefly detained in North Korea last year over spy charges said he had been kidnapped by secret police and forced to make a false confession, according to an article written by him and seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

An Australian student arrested for spying and expelled from North Korea last year said he was forced to write a false confession while held incommunicado.

North Korea's state news agency said on Saturday an Australian student who was expelled from the country after 10 days' detention had committed "spying acts" through his work with foreign media.

An Australian student who was released after being held in North Korea had been "spying" in the reclusive country, state media said Saturday.