U.S. seeks North Korean amnesty for American jailed for 15 years

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By Ju-min Park and Paul Eckert SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea sentenced an American citizen to 15 years of hard labor on Thursday for what it said were crimes against the state, prompting the United States to call for his immediate release to keep him from becoming a bargaining chip between the two countries. Kenneth Bae, 44, was born in South Korea but is a naturalized U.S. citizen and studied psychology for two years at the University of Oregon. His sentencing comes after two months of saber-rattling that saw North Korea threaten the United States and South Korea with nuclear war. ...




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[senojekips]

"To prevent him becoming a bargaining chip between the two countries"??

WTF do you think they arrested him for in the first place? That was the whole idea,...

 

[MontyB]

indeed and I say leave his sorry arse there, seriously what possesses people to go to these places when they know the likely outcome.