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US man in North Korea given 6 years of hard labor

September 20, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s Supreme Court on Sunday sentenced a 24-year-old American man to six years of hard labor for entering the country illegally to commit espionage.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Aijalon Gomes, DPRK, Democratic People, Eddie Yong Su Jun, Following Sunday, Former President Bill Clinton, Jeffrey Fowle, Jen Psaki, Jimmy Carter, Korean American, Matthew Miller, New Jersey-based, North Korean, Robert King, Russian President Vladimir Putin, State Department, Uri Tours, Vol 33 No 39 | September 20 - September 26

Kenneth Bae appeals to U.S. for N. Korea release

January 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) – An American missionary who has been jailed in North Korea for more than a year appeared before reporters Monday and appealed to the U.S. government to do its best to secure his release.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Associated Press, Bill Clinton, CNN, China, Dennis Rodman, Hyung-jin Kim, Jimmy Carter, Kenneth Bae, Kim Jin Moo, Kim Jong-un, North Korean, South Korea, Terri Chung, United States, Vice President Joe Biden, Vol 33 No 5 | January 25 - January 31

Lynnwood mom visits son detained in North Korea

October 19, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gene Johnson The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An ailing American who has been detained in North Korea for 11 months had an emotional reunion with his mother for the first time since he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, the family said Friday.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Associated Press, Bill Clinton, China, Choson Sinbo, Jimmy Carter, Kenneth Bae, Marie Harf, Myunghee Bae, North Korea, Pyongyang Friday, South Korea, Terri Chung, Tokyo, United States, Vol 32 No 43 | October 19 - October 25, reunion

N. Korea blames US threat for aborting envoy’s trip

September 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has withdrawn its invitation to a U.S. envoy to visit the country over a detained American because Washington perpetrated a “grave provocation” by allegedly mobilizing nuclear-capable bombers during recent military drills with Seoul.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Bob King, Jimmy Carter, Kenneth Bae, Kyungnam University, Lim Eul Chul, Marie Harf, North Korean Foreign Ministry, SEOUL, South Korea, State Department, US, Ulchi Freedom Guardian, Vol 32 No 37 | September 7 - September 13

US envoy to seek Bae’s release

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington and Matthew Lee The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — A senior U.S. envoy will travel to North Korea this week to seek the release of an American sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the authoritarian country, the State Department said Aug. 27.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Ambassador King, Bob King, China, Eddie Jun, Jimmy Carter, Kim Jong-un, Marie Harf, North Korean, Pyongyang Aug, Rick Larsen, South Korea, State Department, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6, White House, japan

Family: Seattle man detained in North Korea hospitalized

August 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gene Johnson The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An American man detained in North Korea for the past nine months has been hospitalized after losing more than 50 pounds, and the need to bring him home is becoming more urgent, his sister said Aug. 11.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Bill Clinton, China, Family Seattle, Jimmy Carter, Kenneth Bae, North Korea, South Korea, Sweden, Terri Chung, Vol 32 No 34 | August 17 - August 23

US calls for NKorea amnesty for sentenced American

May 12, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington and Sam Kim The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The United States called May 3 for North Korea to grant amnesty and immediately release a Korean American sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for “hostile acts” against the state.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, China, Democratic People, Euna Lee, Jay Carney, Jimmy Carter, Kim Jong-un, Laura Ling, North Korean, Patrick Cronin, Patrick Ventrell, Russia, Swedish Embassy, United States, Vol 32 No 20 | May 11 - May 17, WASHINGTON, White House

Jimmy Carter and other former leaders to visit North Korea

April 30, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that he hopes to meet with North Korea’s reclusive leader during a visit aimed at assessing severe food shortages

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, American Aijalon Gomes, Beijing, China, Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, Former Irish President Robinson, Irish President Mary Robinson, Jimmy Carter, Kim Jong-il, Korean American Jun Young Su, North Korean, Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Brundtland, Russia, South African President Nelson Mandela, South Korean, State Department, United Nations, United States, Vol 30 No 18 | April 30 - May 6

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