O se vaega lua o sui o le malo o Amerika na latou fautuaina le tulafono e faʻatumauina le puipuia o tagata tafafao mai Amerika mai le faimalaga atu i North Korea. I le lotolotoi ai o feeseeseaiga ma Pyongyang, ua faalauiloa ai e le au faipule se pili e faasaina ai femalagaaiga i le atunuu ua toe maua.

O sui o Adam Schiff (D-California) ma Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) na faʻalauiloaina le North Korea Travel Act i le Aso Tofi, ma saili e poloka uma visa turisi a Amerika i North Korea ma e manaʻomia ai le faʻatagaga faʻapitoa mo isi asiasiga uma.

"O turisi malaga i North Korea e leai se mea ae na o le tuʻuina atu o tupe i le pulega malo - o le a faʻaaogaina foi e atiaʻe ai meatau e taufaamataʻu ai le Iunaite Setete ma a tatou uo," o le tala lea a Wilson i se faʻamatalaga tuʻufaʻatasi.

"O le mea e sili ai le leaga, ua masani ona faafalepuipui e le malo malo tagata le sala mai fafo ma faaaoga i latou e fai ma faatau chips e maua ai le talitonuina i Sisifo," na ia faaauau ai. "E le tatau ona tatou faʻaaogaina i latou i se taimi umi - o le mafuaaga lea e taua ai le faʻatonutonu ma le faʻaeteete o malaga i North Korea."

O lenei tulafono taufaaofi o le a faatupuina ai le faasa faasaina o tagata tafafao maimoa mai tagata Amerika, ae o isi asiasiga e manaʻomia ai se laisene faapitoa mai le Matagaluega o Tupe, o se faamatalaga lea a le konekerate ia Reuters. O se tutusa laisene polokalama e aoga mo femalagaaiga i Cuba, e ui lava o le US toe faaolaola sootaga ma le motu-malo.

Le itiiti ifo ma le 17 Amerika na taofia i North Korea i le sefulu tausaga talu ai, ma le toʻafa o loʻo falepuipui nei.

I tausaga ua tuanaʻi, sa faʻateleina ai femalagaaiga a turisi i North Korea e tagatanuʻu o atunuʻu i Sisifo, e aofia ai ma Amerika, "o le tala lea a Schiff. "Faatasi ai ma le faateleina o feeseeseaiga i North Korea, o le matautia o Amerika o le a taofia mo mafuaaga faaupufai ua sili atu nai lo se isi taimi."

Talu mai le masina talu ai, e toʻalua tagata Amerika ua taofia i North Korea ona o masalosaloga i le fuafuaina o "osofaʻiga leaga" faasaga i le atunuʻu. Kim Hak-song, taofia i le amataga o Me, ma Kim Sang Dok, o le na taofia ia Aperila 22, na galulue uma mo le Pyongyang University of Science and Technology.

E toalua isi sitiseni o Amerika, o le faifeau kerisiano Amerika-Korea o Kim Tong Chul ma le tama aʻoga o le kolisi o Otto Warmbier, ua taʻusalaina i solitulafono. Na faasalaina Kim i le 10 tausaga le galue mamafa i moliaga o le sipai ma le faʻaleagaina, ao Warmbier na faasalaina i le 15 tausaga galue malosi mo le gaoia o se fuʻa mai le faletalimalo Pyongyang.

E leʻi leva ona maeʻa le puʻeina faapagota, ae tuuina mai e le Matagaluega a le Setete o Amerika se lapataʻiga mo femalagaiga mo North Korea, ma faapea mai, “ua matua lapataʻi atu i tagatanuu o Amerika e aua le malaga i North Korea.”

"O tagatanuu o Amerika i le DPRK e i ai le lamatiaga o le puʻeina ma taofia umi i lalo o le North Korea faiga o le tulafono," o le lapataiga faitauina. "O lenei faiga ua tuuina atu ai matua le saʻo ni faʻasalaga mo gaioiga ia o le a le avea ma solitulafono i le Iunaite Setete ma taufaʻafefe tagata sitiseni o Amerika o taofia i le togafitia e tusa ai ma 'taua taimi o le tulafono' o le DPRK."

E le faʻatumauina e Washington se sootaga faʻavaomalo ma Pyongyang, e leai ai se auala a le malo o Amerika e avatu ai se fesoasoani faʻapitoa i soʻo se tagata Amerika o loʻo taofia i North Korea. I taimi ua tuanaʻi, na malaga ai Peresetene muamua o Bill Clinton ma Jimmy Carter i Pyongyang e soalaupule le tatalaina o pagota Amerika.

"Ona o le faaauau pea o amioga le lelei a Korea i Matu ma lo latou naunautaiga e faʻaaoga tagata asiasi mai Amerika e pei o le taugofie o chips e aveʻese mai ai tulaga maualuluga fonotaga poʻo faʻatagaina, ua talafeagai ai mo le Iunaite Setete ona faia ni laʻasaga e faʻatonutonu ai femalagaaiga i se atunuʻu o loʻo avea ma se lamatiaga moni ma o loʻo i ai nei. Mea e fiafia iai Amerika, ”o le tala lea a Schiff.

O feeseeseaiga i le va o Pyongyang ma Uosigitone na faaputuputuina i nai masina talu ai a o North Korea na siitia ai lona tofotofoina o ballistic missiles ma lana polokalame faaniukilia e solia ai tulafono faavaomalo.

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“Given North Korea's continuing destabilizing behavior and their demonstrated willingness to use American visitors as bargaining chips to extract high level meetings or concessions, it is appropriate for the United States to take steps to control travel to a nation that poses a real and present danger to American interests,” Schiff said.
"O turisi malaga i North Korea e leai se mea ae na o le tuʻuina atu o tupe i le pulega malo - o le a faʻaaogaina foi e atiaʻe ai meatau e taufaamataʻu ai le Iunaite Setete ma a tatou uo," o le tala lea a Wilson i se faʻamatalaga tuʻufaʻatasi.
Shortly after the last arrest, the US State Department issued a travel alert for North Korea, saying it “strongly warns US citizens not to travel to North Korea.