North Korea says detains U.S. student for "hostile act"

SEOUL, Jan 22 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it had detained a U.S. university student for committing a "hostile act" against the country and was investigating.

The state-run KCNA news agency said the person entered North Korea as a tourist and was "was caught committing a hostile act against the state," which it said was "tolerated and manipulated by the U.S. government".