American Matthew Miller was sentenced on Sunday by a North Korean court to six years hard labor for "hostile acts" against Pyongyang work, the official news agency KCNA reported.
"He committed hostile acts, entering" North Korea "posing as a tourist in April," according to the agency, which does not give details on the sentence issued by the Supreme Court.
Miller, one of three Americans detained in the communist country, was arrested in April after being accused of having destroyed his visa and seek asylum in Pyongyang.
On September 8, several hours after the announcement of the judgment of Miller, United States called on North Korea to release their three citizens.
The other two are Jeffrey and Kenneth Bae Fowle.
North Korea said in June that Miller and Fowle would be judged by actions deemed unspecified "hostile acts against the country."
Bae was arrested for his part in November 2012 Accused of being an evangelical Christian activist who sought to overthrow the North Korean government, was sentenced to 15 years hard labor.
On September 2, the three detainees issued a call for Washington to send an envoy to Pyongyang to negotiate their release.
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