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By Theunis Bates - AOL News
(Oct. 28) -- An evangelical activist imprisoned in North Korea for six weeks after illegally entering the country late last year says he was subjected to sexual abuse and other extreme torture at the hands of his captors. Robert Park, an American of Korean descent from Tucson, Ariz., crossed the border from China to North Korea on Christmas Day in the hope that "through my sacrifice ... people will come together and they will liberate North Korea," he told South Korean TV. However, almost as soon as he'd walked across the frozen Tumen River into the dictatorship -- shouting "God loves you and ...
Revisited: The Debate Over Aijalon Mahli Gomes' Religious Motivations
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 25) -- Is he a religious and human rights hero, or a dangerously misguided naif? On Tuesday, former President Jimmy Carter arrived in Pyongyang to try to help facilitate the release of Aijalon Mahli Gomes, a 31-year-old Boston man sentenced in April to eight years in prison and hard labor for the crime of trespassing into North Korean territory. Described as a devout Christian, Gomes is said to have followed the example of Robert Park, an evangelical missionary who entered North Korea several months before Gomes did, willingly offering himself up for arrest as a way of protesting what ...
North Korea Frees American Missionary
By not in system - AOL NewsBEIJING (Feb. 6) -- Looking pale and drawn, an American missionary headed home Saturday after North Korea released him from six weeks' detention for crossing its border on Christmas Day to protest religious suppression in the totalitarian regime. Robert Park, his eyes almost closed, made no comment as U.S. consular officials guided him to a transit area in Beijing's airport after his morning arrival from North Korea. He was to leave later in the day for the United States, U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Susan Stevenson said. "We welcome North Korea's release of Robert Park," Stevenson said. Los ...
North Korea Detains Second US Citizen
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(Jan. 28) -- For the second time in the last month, a U.S. citizen has been detained in North Korea. In a brief news dispatch today, North Korea said it arrested an American man for illegally entering the country from the Chinese border. The unidentified man was detained on Monday and is being questioned, according to the Korean Central News Agency. The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment today. The U.S. embassies in Beijing and Seoul offered no comment. Frederic J. Brown, AFP/Getty ImagesNorth Korean soldiers talk at a guard post along the Chinese ...
American Missionary Is Believed Held by North Korea
By Tom Kavanagh - Politics DailyAn Arizona man intent upon bringing a message of "Christ's love" to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is apparently in custody after entering the communist nation on Christmas Eve. The state-run Korea Central News Agency said that an American was arrested after entering North Korea from China and is "now under investigation by a relevant organ." It did not identify him, but the man is believed to be Robert Park, a 28-year-old Korean-American missionary who posted his intentions on a Web site earlier this month. CNN reports that the U.S. State Department has not been able to confirm Park's ...
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