country. kim worked at pyongyang university of science and technology and was accused of hostile acts against the regime. kim hak-song also worked at pyongyang university and he was accused of hostile acts. in april of 2016, 62-year-old kim dong chul was sentenced to ten years in prison for spying on behalf of south korea. meantime, there are other encouraging signs leading up to the meeting between president trump and kim jong un. today south korea s top national security advisor made another secret visit to the u.s. to meet with his counterpart, john bolton. this is the very same south korean official who came back to the u.s. in march to convey the news that kim jong un wanted to meet face-to-face with president trump. details of today s meeting have not yet been released. president trump has reportedly ordered the pentagon to draw up plans for drawing down u.s. troops in south korea. reducing troop levels is not a
states. trace gallagher with the news. trace what do we know about the americans? jon, there s three americans in north korea in prisons including two that got arrested weeks apart last spring. we re talking about tony kim in his late 50s and taken into custody in april while he was trying to board a plane out of the country. it s unclear exactly what crime he s accused of committing, but mr. kim taught accounting at pyongyang university of science and technology, also known as pust, a christian backed university that opened in 2010. the university says it does not believe his arrest was connected to his time at the school, but two weeks after tony kim was detained, kim hock song was arrested for committing hostile acts. kim hock song also taught at pyongyang university of science and technology. finally, 62-year-old business
that s a brutal regime, and we ll be able to handle it. what does the president mean by handle it ? let s bring in paula hancocks from seoul. what are the options for the white house? reporter: dave, the options today are exactly the same as the options were yesterday. partly sunny n it is not an ideal situation. we could see the white house and u.s. officials meeting with chinese officials in washington pushing for more help from beijing. donald trump has insisted all along that it s beijing that holds the key to this problem, that they can pressure north korea into dismantling the nuclear missile program and potentially helping with detainees in north korea. there is a problem there are still three americans being held in north korea at this time. there are two academics who are working at the pyongyang university of science and technology, and one businessman
setting. there is no closed session scheduled not right now. whatever lawmakers here from the attorney general this afternoon is what we re going to hear. that s it. then he is expected to leave. shannon: we ll be standing by peter doocy live on capitol hill. bill: we re back to the breaking news out of north korea. rich edson is running down oh lot on this on the state department. we can tell you that otto warmbier has been released from north korea. he was arrested in january of 2016 and sentenced later in march of 2016 for apparently stealing a propaganda poster and become one of four americans held in the country. last month north korea seized a couple more americans associated with the pyongyang university of science and technology. so warmbier is a university of virginia student from ohio. right now people in the government are getting briefed on the latest details on all of
korean state media calling for an end to the confrontation between north and south. this follows news a fourth american detains by pyongyang. we have cnn s ivan watson from seoul. ivan, what do we know about the fourth american detained in pyongyang? reporter: he is an academic. u.s. citizen teaching at pyongyang university of science and technology. he is now the second american professor in just over two weeks who had been teaching there detained by the north koreans on suspicious of crimes against hostile against the north korean regime. the situation very serious for the american citizens because of course we have a period of confrontation with pyongyang and washington over the north korean nuclear program and no formal diplomatic relations with the governments. the u.s. has to work through