North Korea to release detained S.Korean NYU student

North Korea announced Monday it was releasing and deporting a South Korean studying at New York University who was arrested back in April for illegal entry, Seoul's Unification Ministry said. Joo Won-Moon, a 21-year-old with permanent US residency, was to be repatriated through the border truce village of Panmunjom on the inter-Korean border at around 5:30 pm (0830 GMT), the ministry said in a statement. The move is likely to be seen as a goodwill gesture ahead of a key political anniversary, bu