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Kenneth Bae

Kenneth Bae
Bae in 2014
Born (1968-08-01) August 1, 1968 (age 56)
South Korea
CitizenshipAmerican, South Korean
EducationCovenant Theological Seminary (MDiv)
OrganizationNGI - Nehemiah Global Initiative
Children3 biological, 1 stepchild
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
배준호
Hancha
Revised RomanizationBae Jun-ho
McCune–ReischauerPae Chunho
Detainment
Country North Korea
DetainedNovember 3, 2012
ReleasedNovember 8, 2014
Days in detention735
Sentence15 years of hard labor[2][3]
Reason for detentionHostile acts against the republic[4][5]
Websitehttp://ngikorea.org

Kenneth Bae (born Bae Jun-ho; born August 1, 1968)[6][7][8][9][10] is a South Korean-born American Evangelical Christian missionary.[11][12][13][14] Convicted by North Korea on charges of planning to overthrow the government, he was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment in April 2013.[2][3] Bae was released on November 8, 2014, along with fellow American Matthew Todd Miller.[15]

In 2016, he founded the NGO named NGI - Nehemiah Global Initiative,[16] whose goals consist of remembering, rescuing, and recovering North Korean refugees and rebuilding their lives in China and South Korea.

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  2. ^ a b Legge, James (April 27, 2013). "North Korea to put American tour operator Kenneth Bae on trial for 'trying to overthrow the government'". The Independent. London. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "North Korea to issue verdict on US citizen". BBC News. April 27, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
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  6. ^ Arthur Bright (2013-05-10). "North Korea explains why it sentenced American Kenneth Bae to hard labor". CSMonitor.com. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  7. ^ "North Korea: American citizen detained for crime". CBS News. 2012-12-21. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  8. ^ "BBC News - North Korea says US citizen arrested". BBC. 2012-12-21. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  9. ^ "BBC News - Jailed US man Kenneth Bae's mother in North Korea visit". BBC. 2013-10-11. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  10. ^ United States Public Records Number 136330619
  11. ^ Rick Gladstone (July 31, 2014). "American Held in North Korea Says Health Is Failing". The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  12. ^ Justin Rohrlich and Chad O'Carroll (November 15, 2013). "Spreading the gospel in North Korea". The Telegraph. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  13. ^ James Pearson (2013-05-06). "Detained American was missionary dispatched to China". NK News. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  14. ^ International Christian Concern (2013-11-05). "Christian missionary Kenneth Bae becomes longest serving American prisoner in North Korea since Korean War". Christian Today. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  15. ^ Jethro Mullen; Greg Botelho (November 9, 2014). "Two Americans freed by North Korea arrive back in U.S., reunited with families". CNN. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  16. ^ "Nehemiah Global Initiative NGI" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-24.
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