Please pray for Bob King, U.S. special envoy, as he heads to North Korea on behalf of #KenBae – http://t.co/WbrmOMG6bR
— International Christian Concern (@persecutionnews) August 28, 2013
Kenneth Bae is an American citizen who has been imprisoned in North Korea since November. The 45-year-old Christian missionary was accused of committing “hostile acts” against the country and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor.
Dennis Rodman’s buddy “Kim” has refused to “do him a solid” by releasing Bae. So much for “basketball diplomacy.”
On Friday, the U.S. will attempt a different kind of diplomacy. Special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, Bob King, will travel to Pyongyang to make the case for Bae’s release on humanitarian grounds. His recent health problems caused him to lose fifty pounds and he has been moved from a labor camp into a hospital.
@WhiteHouse urging #NKorea grant "special clemency" to American Kenneth Bae "immediately" & allow him to return home w/ US spec ambassador.
— Jill Dougherty (@jillrussia) August 27, 2013
"We remain deeply concerned about the health and welfare of Kenneth Bae," said the WH in a brief written statement.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 27, 2013
#DPRK should grant Kenneth Bae amnesty & let him come home. Fully supporting Amb. King’s mission to Pyongyang to secure Bae’s release.
— Susan Rice -Archived (@AmbRice44) August 29, 2013
https://twitter.com/traciglee/status/372880989569028096
Warm welcome, DPRK-style?
N. Korea radio: "US & #ROK should remember that there is limit to the magnanimity and patience of the #DPRK."
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) August 29, 2013
"Army and people of #DPRK will closely follow with high vigilance every movement of the present chief executives of the U.S. & south Korea."
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) August 29, 2013
Statement airs on #DPRK radio as US senior envoy prepares for short Pyongyang visit in bid to try to free American Kenneth Bae.
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) August 29, 2013
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