Location of U.S. Christian Missionary In North Korea Unknown

AP - via Fox News ^ | December 26, 2009

[don-o]

SEOUL, South Korea — An American Christian missionary slipped into isolated North Korea on Christmas Day, shouting that he brought God's love and carrying a letter urging leader Kim Jong Il to step down and free all political prisoners, an activist said Saturday.

Robert Park, 28, crossed a poorly guarded stretch of the frozen Tumen River that separates North Korea from China, according to a member of the Seoul-based group Pax Koreana, which promotes human rights in the North. Two other activists apparently watched and filmed the entry.

"I am an American citizen. I brought God's love. God loves you and God bless you," Park reportedly said in fluent Korean as he crossed over Friday near the northeastern city of Hoeryong, according to the activist, citing the two who witnessed the scene. Pax Koreana planned to release the footage Sunday in Seoul, he said. He spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation.

--- Park, from Tucson, Arizona, carried a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il calling for major changes to his totalitarian regime, according to the activist from Pax Koreana.

"Please open your borders so that we may bring food, provisions, medicine, necessities, and assistance to those who are struggling to survive," said the letter, according to a copy posted on the conservative group's Web site. "Please close down all concentration camps and release all political prisoners today."

North Korea holds some 154,000 political prisoners in six large camps across the country, according South Korean government estimates.

The activist said that Park, who he described as not belonging to Pax Koreana, also carried a separate written appeal calling for Kim to immediately step down, noting starvation, torture and deaths in North Korean political prison camps.

[don-o]

An earlier story was pulled out of Breaking News sidebar. I'm putting it back in because I think it's something we need to be aware of and praying about.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Oh, someone knows.

He knows the whereabouts of all His children.

Anyone who wants to know what North Korea is like read this:

[max americana]

>An American Christian missionary slipped into isolated North Korea on Christmas Day, shouting that he brought God’s love and carrying a letter urging leader Kim Jong Il to step down and free all political prisoners, an activist said Saturday.<

He could’ve done that at the White House. Our currect pRESIDENT is a despot who’s not American nor Christian.

[goat granny]

If I remember correctly (which I don't always due, and have the excuse of being old) Revelation states that when the martyr's that are to be martyred are complete that's when we can look for end times....Many are destined to be martyrs...they are chosen, there ranks must be fulfilled. Christ tells them to be patient as their numbers are not yet full.....

I know someone can give the correct reading....

[John-Irish]

I hope for this young mans sake he’s found safe and returned unarmed. However given the nature of the North Koreans, that’s not likely. While his intentions are noble, the execution of his plan was dangerously reckless and fool-hardy.

[GreenLanternCorps]

Walked into North Korea by himself? I thought God prohibited suicide.