North Korea transfers Kenneth Bae from hospital to labor camp

[unhappycamper]

http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-north-korea-kenneth-bae-20140207,0,2866405.story



Korean American tour guide and evangelist Kenneth Bae speaks to reporters at a Pyongyang hospital in January.

North Korea transfers Kenneth Bae from hospital to labor camp
By Alexandra Zavis
February 7, 2014, 5:47 p.m.

Kenneth Bae, a Korean American tour guide and evangelist imprisoned in North Korea for more than a year, has been transferred from a hospital to a labor camp, the U.S. State Department said Friday.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki expressed deep concern about the development in a statement.

“We also remain gravely concerned about Mr. Bae’s health, and we continue to urge DPRK authorities to grant Mr. Bae special amnesty and immediate release on humanitarian grounds,” she said.

Bae was arrested upon entering the North Korean city of Rason in November 2012 and charged with “hostile acts against the state." He is serving a sentence of 15 months hard labor, but was moved during the summer from a prison camp to a hospital for foreigners in Pyongyang.

[gordianot]

1. I feel bad for him and his family but why would anyone consider going to North Korea for anything?

Maybe long divided family reunions but after a couple generartions that too is stretching thin.