An American man was reportedly arrested Tuesday night by South Korean Marines after apparently attempting to swim across the Han River to North Korea. The man, who has not been identified but is believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s and of Arabic descent, was trying to swim across the Han River near Gimpo, in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. "I was trying to go to North Korea in order to meet with supreme leader Kim Jong-un," the man said during interrogation, according to Yonhap. However, he apparently couldn't handle the long swim. “The American man was swimming northward with the current when he grew tired and laid low near the riverside.