Posted on 02/04/2010 5:43:43 PM PST by rdl6989
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it will release U.S. religious activist Robert Park, arrested in December for illegally entering the country in a journey to raise awareness about Pyongyang's human rights abuses.
"The relevant organ of the DPRK (North Korea) decided to leniently forgive and release him, taking his admission and sincere repentance of his wrong doings into consideration," the state KCNA news agency said.
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Ping.
Wonder how much he COST us...
That the Christian dude I remember that guy
Well, if you read the Reuters article everything seems to say ‘DKRP’ sources say...etc. Translation: They beat a signed confession out of him in order to create this ‘humanitarian’ propaganda gesture. I am sure some lucrative aid deal was worked out under the radar for his release. The good news is that apparently, Billary or Hillary had nothing to do with it. It was not a humanitarian mission to secure his release since he was not a hot Asian female after all (/sarc off).
God bless him if he is really released and we will get the real truth once he is back in the states. Stay tuned...
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