A 24-year-old US citizen has been sentenced to six years' hard labour in North Korea after being convicted of entering the country illegally and trying to commit espionage.
The country's Supreme Court said during a 90-minute hearing that Miller, of Bakersfield, California, tore up his tourist visa after landing at the airport in the capital, Pyongyang, on April 10.
Prosecutors said he had admitted having the "wild ambition" of experiencing life in the country's notorious prison system so that he could secretly investigate the human rights situation.
Miller, who apparently refused the right to a lawyer, was handcuffed and led away after the passing of the sentence - against which the court said there was no possibility of appeal.
Earlier, it had been believed Miller had sought asylum when he entered North Korea.
During the trial, however, the prosecution argued that this was was a ruse, adding that Miller also falsely claimed to have smuggled in secrets about the US military in South Korea on his iPad and iPod.
Miller is one of three Americans now being held in North Korea.
A trial is expected soon for Jeffrey Fowle, a 56-year-old equipment operator for the city of Moraine, Ohio, who entered the North as a tourist but was arrested in May for leaving a Bible at a provincial club.
The third American, Korean-American missionary Kenneth Bae, is currently serving a 15-year sentence for alleged "hostile acts".
All three have appealed to the White House to send a senior statesman to Pyongyang to intervene on their behalf.
Miller has told the Associated Press news agency he has written to President Barack Obama but had not received a reply.
The US has repeatedly offered to send Robert King, its envoy for North Korean human rights issues, to Pyongyang to seek the freedom of the detainees, but without success.
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