Merrill Newman is finally home, but what about American Kenneth Bae? He’s been held hostage of jailed for no reason in North Korea since November of 2012. The media and Obama as usual have remained silent about Bae’s captivity. Kenneth Bae is a Christian missionary. In November of 2012, Bae was grabbed North Korea when officials they discovered pictures of starving North Korean orphans on his hard-drive. The reasons given for Kenneth Bae’s arrested are
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Planning an anti-North Korean religious coup d’état called “the Jericho operation”.
Admitting to setting up bases in China for the purpose of toppling the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Encouraging North Korean citizens to bring down the government.
Conducting a “malignant” smear campaign.
In December 2012, human rights activists in Seoul reported that an American had been held in North Korea for a month. On December 21, 2012, North Korea announced that it had charged an American identified as Bae Jun-ho with “hostile acts against the republic”. Between January 7 and January 10, former UN ambassador Bill Richardson was unable to meet Bae, but managed to deliver a letter from his son.
15 was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor by the North Korea Supreme Court. Neither Obama nor John Kerry have lifted a finger to secure Kenneth Bae’s release and the media has completely ignored the story.