The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has decided to release an American detained for trespassing the DPRK border.

The report said the decision was based on Park’s “admission and sincere repentance of his wrongdoings.”

The report said Park said that all those he met in the DPRK treated him in a kind and gentlemanly manner and protected his rights.

Park’s detention came months after two American female journalists, who had been arrested for illegal entry and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor, were freed by the DPRK.

The two journalists flew back home together with former U.S. President Bill Clinton after he paid a 20-hour private visit to Pyongyang and met with the country’s top leader Kim Jong Il.

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