Whims of the Supreme Leader

Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson Jul 18, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>North Korea has cancelled a U.S. envoy that would have pleaded for the release of Lynnwood's Kenneth Bae, reports King5.com. Bae, a Christian missionary and father of three, was detained in November while operating tours in North Korea on suspicion of “subversive activities.” In May, Bae</p></h2>
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            <p>North Korea has cancelled a U.S. envoy that would have pleaded for the release of Lynnwood's Kenneth Bae, <a href="http://www.king5.com/news/local/Kenneth-Bae-Korea-envoy-visit-canceled-221800221.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">reports King5.com</a>. Bae, a Christian missionary and father of three, was detained in November while operating tours in North Korea on suspicion of “subversive activities.” In May, Bae was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor at a North Korean prison camp. His sister Terri Chung, of Edmonds, Wash., <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/27/us-envoy-kenneth-bae_n_3825626.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">told reporters earlier this month</a> that her brother had lost 50 pounds and had been hospitalized due to complications with his diabetes. Bob King, the senior U.S. envoy for North Korean human rights issues, had been invited to fly out to Pyongyang today for release talks.Perhaps North Korea is holding out for former NBA player Dennis Rodman, who tweeted back in May “I’m calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him `Kim’, to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose.” Good one.</p>
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North Korea has cancelled a U.S. envoy that would have pleaded for the release of Lynnwood's Kenneth Bae, reports King5.com. Bae, a Christian missionary and father of three, was detained in November while operating tours in North Korea on suspicion of “subversive activities.” In May, Bae was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor at a North Korean prison camp. His sister Terri Chung, of Edmonds, Wash., told reporters earlier this month that her brother had lost 50 pounds and had been hospitalized due to complications with his diabetes. Bob King, the senior U.S. envoy for North Korean human rights issues, had been invited to fly out to Pyongyang today for release talks.Perhaps North Korea is holding out for former NBA player Dennis Rodman, who tweeted back in May “I’m calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him `Kim’, to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose.” Good one.

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By Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson was Managing Editor at Crosscut, following tech, culture, media and politics. She founded Crosscut's Community Idea Lab.   Previously community manager of the Tribune Company’