UTV | COLOMBO – There are reports that three Americans detained in North Korea have been relocated to a Pyongyang hotel and are receiving good food and medical care.
The reports could suggest the three may be released as a gesture of good will, amid preparations for a meeting between leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump.
Mr Trump has said the US is “fighting very diligently” to win their freedom.
On Wednesday, he told his followers on Twitter to “stay tuned!” for news.
“As everybody is aware, the past Administration has long been asking for three hostages to be released from a North Korean Labor camp, but to no avail,” he said.
Two of the detainees were jailed in 2017, after Mr Trump became president.
The US State Department has said it cannot confirm the validity of the reports on the prisoner move, which came from Choi Sung-ryong, a South Korean activists with contacts in the North.
But a spokeswoman said the US was “working to see US citizens who are detained in North Korea come home as soon as possible”.
