They are hostile to Turkish entry.
Mr. Gomes was convicted of illegal entry and "hostile acts" against North Korea, it said, without elaborating.
Air Force Special Operations pilots flew helicopters specially designed for covert entry into hostile territory.
And the French are hostile to Turkey's entry into the EU, a subject that has been hard to dissociate from the constitution.
In 2010, another American, Aijalon Mahli Gomes, was arrested and sentenced to eight years of hard labor for illegal entry and "hostile acts".
The two Americans, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, of Current TV, have been held in North Korea for more than two months on charges of illegal entry and "hostile" acts.
SEOUL, South Korea — Two American journalists who have been detained in North Korea for two months on charges of illegal entry and "hostile acts" will be put on trial June 4, the Communist North announced on Thursday.
A subsequent entry dismisses a hostile review of Civilization by another critic, Alex von Tunzelmann.
But the government had earlier said that it found evidence of illegal entry and unspecified hostile acts.
It came a week after the North freed two American journalists it had held since mid-March on charges of illegal entry and committing hostile acts against the government.
