An activist from the United States has been released from detention in North Korea and flown to the Chinese capital, Beijing. Robert Park, 28, was arrested on 25 December after he crossed into the North from China by walking over a frozen river. Full Article at Radio New Zealand
In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, American missionary Robert Park speaks about his crossing the frozen... Full Article at TheNewsTribune.com
South Koreans watch a TV news program about American missionary Robert Park on Friday. North Korea announced that it will free Park detained on Christmas Day after illegally crossing... Full Article at CBC News
North Korea announced Friday it will free Robert Park. Full Article at New York Daily News
a special 'Courage Under Fire' tribute will be presented to Current Media journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were arrested by North Korean soldiers while filming a story about the trafficking of North Korean women along the Tumen River. Sentenced to 12 years of hard labor, they were eventually par...
I have to admit, I didn't believe it until I saw it on the international news ... To say that the family wasn't prepared would be putting it mildly.
Right now, the biggest thing is, we love him and we're excited to have him back ... And I'm really excited because I got to make probably the biggest of my New Year's resolutions, which was to get him back home and give him a hug.
I would not have committed such crime if I had known that the (North) respects the rights of all the people and guarantees their freedom and they enjoy a happy and stable life