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Korea ratcheting up tensions with the united states, sentencing an american citizen kenneth bay to 15 years of hard labor. the tour guide from washington state is accused of carrying out serious crimes against north korea. but no word on exactly what crime he committed. senior international correspondent dan rivers is live in seoul. what do we know about the case against kenneth bae? >> reporter: you know, we really know very little about what he is alleged to have done. a few snip its from the official news agency in north korea saying hostile acts. we don't actually know what the crimes were...

They've only had snow fall down four times in may throughout the record books. four times. this is rare. >> may is not for snow. jennifer delgado, thanks to you. 11 minutes after the hour. a new round of tension to tell you about this morning with north korea after the sentencing of american citizen kenneth bae to 15 years hard labor. bae is a tour operator from washington state accused of attempting to overthrow the north korean government. our senior international correspondent dan rivers is live in south korea. dan, attempting to overthrow the north korean government. those sound like pre...

Korea. but there is no word on exactly what those crimes are. senior international correspondent din dan rivers is live for news seoul. so, dan, what do we know about the case against kenneth bae? >> it's amazing. we know almost next to nothing about what he is supposed to have done. we know that this was tried by the supreme court in pyongyang. the case started on tuesday and already, on thursday here, he's been sentenced to 15 years hard labor. as you mentioned, something to do with hostile acts towards the regime. we don't know exactly what that may intail. one of his friends here in south ...

An american citizen arrested six months ago in north korea has been handed a harsh prison sentence, 15 years of hard labor for what north korean officials call hostile acts against the government. nobody outside of north korea knows exactly what those so-called hostile acts are. our dan rivers is following the story from seoul, south korea. >> wolf, this case may have taken six months to come to court, but the hearing itself only lasted two days. kenneth bae was sentenced 15 years hard labor inside north korea with no right of appeal. and he may have just become the latest bargaining chip in n...

An american citizen sentenced to 15 years hard labor in north korea. a senior u.s. official tells cnn the man is a tour operator who had a visa to be in north korea. but officials there accuse him of quote, hostile acts. cnn's senior international correspondent dan rivers is working the story for us. he's in seoul, south korea, right now. what are you finding out, dan? >> it's an amazing case amazing how little we know about what kenneth bay is alleged to have actually done. all we know is he's done something, that they say committed hostile acts toward the regime. it took the regime more than...