Tag: Kenneth Bae

North Korea frees Canadian church leader ‘on sick bail’

August 9, 2017 North Korea Hyeon Soo Lim, Kenneth Bae, Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song, Kim Jong Wook, Kim Seung-mo, North Korea, Otto Warmbier, Pyongyang, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, Tony Kim

Hyeun-soo Lim, the Korean Canadian church leader sentenced to life in prison with hard labour, has been freed today (9 August) “on sick bail”, says a North Korean state news agency. Convicted in December 2015 by the country’s Supreme Court of numerous charges, including an attempt to overthrow the government, he had been detained . . . Read More

Foreigners in North Korea – what to expect if arrested

April 27, 2016 North Korea Jeffrey Fowle, Kenneth Bae, North Korea, Otto Warmbier, USA

Foreigners arrested and detained in North Korea can expect to spend hundreds of days in prison, . The 13 US citizens detained since 1995 – including the Christians Jeffrey Fowle, Aijalon Gomes and Korean-American Kenneth Bae – spent an average of 213 days imprisoned. to 15 years’ hard labour, has . . . Read More

Canada confirms pastor detained in North Korea

March 6, 2015 North Korea China, Hyeon Soo Lim, Kenneth Bae, North Korea, South Korea, USA

The Canadian government has confirmed to the family of pastor Hyeon Soo Lim that he has been detained in North Korea. This follows earlier reports that nobody had heard from Lim, 60, since he crossed the Chinese border on 31 January. Lim, who is married with one son, grew up . . . Read More

North Korea unexpectedly frees US detainees

November 10, 2014 North Korea Barack Obama, Kenneth Bae, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, Pyongyang, USA

Two Americans who had been detained by North Korea returned to the US on November 9. Christian missionary Kenneth Bae was sentenced to 15 years hard labour for crimes against the state two years ago and Californian Matthew Todd Miller was sentenced to six years of hard labour after he . . . Read More

Pope’s Korean visit highlights plight of North’s Christians

August 15, 2014 North Korea Jeffrey Fowle, Kenneth Bae, Kim Jong Wook, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, Pope Francis, South Korea

Pope Francis has arrived in South Korea and is calling for peace and dialogue between the two Koreas instead of ‘displays of force.’ His five-day visit is the first time a Pope has visited the Korean Peninsula in 25 years. It coincides with the appeals of two detained American Christians, . . . Read More

The lessons of Kim Jong-Wook

June 20, 2014 North Korea Kenneth Bae, Kim Jong Wook, Missionaries, Refugees

North Korea seen through barbed wire at the China border.Open Doors International Last week, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea rejected a request from South Korea to hold discussions about the fate of Kim Jong-Wook. The DPRK in late May sentenced Kim to spend the rest of his life . . . Read More

N. Korea to execute 33 for missionary work

March 10, 2014 North Korea Kenneth Bae, Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong Wook, Kim Jong-Un, Missionaries, North Korea

North Korea has ordered the death of as many as 33 people because of their alleged contact with a missionary, South Korea’s largest news organization has reported. The 33 North Koreans are charged with attempting to overthrow the regime by setting up 500 underground churches, according to the South Korean . . . Read More

Bae ‘in better health’

October 28, 2013 North Korea Kenneth Bae, North Korea

The mother of imprisoned Korean-American Christian Kenneth Bae has told the BBC his health has improved after two months of medical treatment. However, she said she fears his health will suffer if he is returned to a labour camp. Last November, Bae was sentenced to 15 years’ hard labour, convicted . . . Read More

New concern for North Korea

September 3, 2013 North Korea Human rights, Kenneth Bae, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, Prisons, UN, USA

A new report from The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea states that an “extremely high” number of prisoners are detained on political grounds, while countless others are unaccounted for or have died in detention. “Through this vast system of unlawful imprisonment, the North Korean regime isolates, banishes, punishes . . . Read More

North Korea rescinds invitation to U.S. envoy

August 30, 2013 North Korea Kenneth Bae, Pyongyang, USA

North Korea has rescinded its invitation to a special U.S. envoy who had planned to visit Pyongyang with hopes of bringing jailed American Kenneth Bae home. “We are surprised and disappointed” at the decision, according to a statement released Friday by U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf. “We have sought . . . Read More

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