This week marked a sad anniversary for the family of Kenneth Bae, reports Fox News.
The Korean American and Christian missionary from Washington has now been imprisoned in North Korea for more than a year.
“He’s a Christian and he has strong convictions … I’m afraid that was interpreted as anti-government,” said his sister Terri Chung. “We are pleading with North Korean leaders to show amnesty and mercy.”
Bae was arrested November 3 while working as a tour guide and was later convicted and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for what the government termed crimes against the state. He has been hospitalized since August.
In a statement, the State Department said “We remain gravely concerned about Mr. Bae’s health and we continue to urge the DPRK authorities to grant Mr. Bae special amnesty and immediate release on humanitarian grounds. We are in regular contact with the Bae family and helped facilitate communications with our protecting power, the Government of Sweden, for Mrs. Bae’s private trip.”
You can read more about Bae’s case, including comments from International Christian Concern in Fox News.
