What is with these people wanting to get detained by North Korea?:

North Korea yesterday said it had “recently detained” four South Koreans for illegally entering the country and that they had been placed under investigation.

A short dispatch by the state-run Korean Central News Agency didn’t identify the four, or provide details on when or how they entered the country. The Unification Ministry in Seoul was still trying to verify the report. Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung said he would rely on both official and civilian channels to confirm the incident.

The announcement comes as the two Koreas try to engage in dialogue to address pending inter-Korean issues.

On Monday, the North proposed holding a bilateral military discussion on March 2 about communication, cross-border trips and customs clearance for South Koreans at the Kaesong Industrial Complex. The South had earlier suggested they meet on Feb. 23 and has yet to accept the new proposal. On Feb. 8, the two Koreas held largely fruitless talks on resuming suspended tourism to Mount Kumgang and Kaesong. They have not returned to the table on the issue since then and the South has not responded to the North’s suggestion that the Kumgang tours resume on April 1.  [Joong Ang Ilbo]

I wonder if this is more missionaries crossing over from China getting themselves detained like Robert Park?