American missionary held as prisoner in North Korea
Kenneth Bae
Bae in 2014
Born
(1968-08-01) August 1, 1968 (age 55)
South Korea
Citizenship
American, South Korean
Education
Covenant Theological Seminary (MDiv)
Organization
NGI - Nehemiah Global Initiative
Children
3 biological, 1 stepchild
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
배준호
Hancha
裴埈皓[1]
Revised Romanization
Bae Jun-ho
McCune–Reischauer
Pae Chunho
Detainment
Country
North Korea
Detained
November 3, 2012
Released
November 8, 2014
Days in detention
735
Sentence
15 years of hard labor[2][3]
Reason for detention
Hostile acts against the republic[4][5]
Website
http://ngikorea.org
Kenneth Bae (born Bae Jun-ho; born August 1, 1968)[6][7][8][9][10] is a South Korean-born American Evangelical Christian missionary.[11][12][13][14] Convicted by North Korea on charges of planning to overthrow the government, he was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment in April 2013.[2][3] Bae was released on November 8, 2014, along with fellow American Matthew Todd Miller.[15]
In 2016, he founded the NGO named NGI - Nehemiah Global Initiative,[16] whose goals consist of remembering, rescuing, and recovering North Korean refugees and rebuilding their lives in China and South Korea.
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^ abLegge, James (April 27, 2013). "North Korea to put American tour operator Kenneth Bae on trial for 'trying to overthrow the government'". The Independent. London. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
^ ab"North Korea to issue verdict on US citizen". BBC News. April 27, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
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^Arthur Bright (2013-05-10). "North Korea explains why it sentenced American Kenneth Bae to hard labor". CSMonitor.com. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
^"North Korea: American citizen detained for crime". CBS News. 2012-12-21. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
^"BBC News - North Korea says US citizen arrested". BBC. 2012-12-21. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
^"BBC News - Jailed US man Kenneth Bae's mother in North Korea visit". BBC. 2013-10-11. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
^United States Public Records Number 136330619
^Rick Gladstone (July 31, 2014). "American Held in North Korea Says Health Is Failing". The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^Justin Rohrlich and Chad O'Carroll (November 15, 2013). "Spreading the gospel in North Korea". The Telegraph. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^James Pearson (2013-05-06). "Detained American was missionary dispatched to China". NK News. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^International Christian Concern (2013-11-05). "Christian missionary Kenneth Bae becomes longest serving American prisoner in North Korea since Korean War". Christian Today. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^Jethro Mullen; Greg Botelho (November 9, 2014). "Two Americans freed by North Korea arrive back in U.S., reunited with families". CNN. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
^"Nehemiah Global Initiative NGI" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-24.
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