Two US citizens jailed in North Korea freed, on their way home

Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller were today freed by the North Korean authorities and are presently being accompanied home to the US by James Clapper, US Director of National Intelligence.

Mr. Bae, a Korean-American Missionary had been detained since November 2012, while Mr. Miller had been in prison since April.

Mr. Bae was jailed 15 years in 2012 in a trial that lasted just one hour and was convicted of crimes against the state.

 

Matthew Miller was accused of tearing up his visa at the Pyongyang airport and was shouting that he wanted to seek asylum.  He was later sentenced to 6years of hard labour for espionage offences.

 

Few weeks back, North Korea also released Jeffery Fowle who was awaiting trial for leaving a bible in a nightclub in the Northern city of Chongjin.