Kenneth Bae begins 15 years hard labour in North Korea

[best2002]

Bae, a US citizen of Korean descent, was arrested for attempting to overthrow the state. He entered the “special” prison on Tuesday. A statement from North Korea accused Bae of giving anti-Pyongyang lectures in China and having infiltrated about 250 students into the city of Rason, in north-eastern North Korea. Pyongyang claims that Bae has confessed, and did not want a lawyer present during sentencing. Bae is reported by friends to have worked as a Christian missionary in Dalian, a Chinese city near North Korean, and to have crossed the border to distribute food to orphans. He is alleged to have distributed inflammatory literature. Christianity is banned by the North Korean state, and the circulation of Bibles is strictly punished.
(http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/15/american-kenneth-bae-starts-hard-labor-north-korea/)

[jakeXT]

1. "Shut up you're an enemy combatant" Lindsey Graham would be proud /nt

[David__77]

2. I don't believe it.

They would be incredibly stupid to do anything but keep him in the best of conditions in a guest house with an excellent diet and no labor requirement. They surely would be foolish to have someone getting out - a U.S. citizen no less - with tales of hard labor in North Korea. No, this is for show, in my opinion. It's not that the N. Koreans are humanistic why they'd take this course, it's that they are cynical.