by Christian Broadcasting Network
"'It was clearly against DPRK law but being a Christian believer, I was trying to carry out the Great Commission of Jesus Christ, saying 'carry the Gospel to all corners of the Earth,'" he said.
"Christianity is outlawed in North Korea and anyone caught with a Bible can be sent to a labor camp, along with members of their family..."
by NBC News
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"Bae’s family launched a desperate public campaign for his release after he was arrested in November 2012 and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for unspecified hostile acts..."
"...Miller, 25, was arrested in April after he entered North Korea on a tourist visa, then tore up the document and said he wanted asylum instead, according to Pyongyang..."
"...U.S. officials didn’t immediately detail how the men’s freedom was secured, but the Swedish government had been helping to negotiate with North Korea on behalf of the U.S., which has no diplomatic ties with the totalitarian nation..."