"The student entered the North Korea for the purpose of bringing down the foundation of its single-minded unity at the tacit connivance of the U.S. government," the report said.
CNN is working to confirm the student`s identity.
On a recent visit to Pyongyang, North Korean officials allowed CNN to interview another American prisoner.
The man identified himself as Kim Dong Chul, a naturalized American, who said he used to live in Fairfax, Virginia.
"I`m asking the U.S. or South Korean government to rescue me," Kim said during an interview at a hotel in the North Korean capital.
Kim, 62, said he was arrested in October 2015 while he was meeting a source to obtain a USB stick and camera used to gather military secrets.
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