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Two Americans Held In North Korea Are Back On U.S. Soil

Kenneth Bae greets his mother, Myunghee Bae after arriving Saturday in Washington. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption

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Two Americans Held In North Korea Are Back On U.S. Soil

November 8, 2014 • Kenneth Bae, a Christian missionary detained in late 2012, and Matthew Todd Miller, arrested in North Korea earlier this year, came home Saturday.

3 Americans Detained In North Korea Urge U.S. To Secure Their Release

Kenneth Bae, an American tour guide and missionary serving a 15-year sentence in North Korea, speaks to The Associated Press on Monday. Bae and two other detained Americans urged the U.S. to send a high-level emissary to secure their release. Wong Maye-E/AP hide caption

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3 Americans Detained In North Korea Urge U.S. To Secure Their Release

September 1, 2014 • The State Department said the men should be released out of humanitarian concern and asked that Kenneth Bae, who has been held for two years, be granted amnesty.

American Held In North Korea Asks U.S. To Secure His Release

American missionary Kenneth Bae leaves after speaking to reporters at Pyongyang Friendship Hospital on Monday. Kim Kwang Hyon/AP hide caption

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American Held In North Korea Asks U.S. To Secure His Release

January 20, 2014 • The 45-year-old missionary who was convicted and sentenced on charges of subversion appeared before a select group of journalists from Western agencies to make his plea.

'I Had Been Drinking,' Rodman Says In Apology For Comments

Dennis Rodman in December, during one of his previous visits to North Korea. David Guttenfelder/AP hide caption

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'I Had Been Drinking,' Rodman Says In Apology For Comments

January 9, 2014 • The former basketball player, during his latest trip to the communist country, unleashed an obscenity-laced rant on CNN when asked about an American who is imprisoned in North Korea. He implied that the man deserved his punishment. Now Rodman is saying he's sorry for what he said.

'Do Me A Solid,' Diplomat Rodman Says To North Korea's Kim

Dennis Rodman, in black hat and shades, with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a Feb. 28 basketball game in Pyongyang. KCNA/EPA /LANDOV hide caption

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'Do Me A Solid,' Diplomat Rodman Says To North Korea's Kim

May 8, 2013 • Dennis Rodman, America's unlikeliest link to Kim Jong Un, wants his friend to release Kenneth Bae. A 44-year-old U.S. citizen, Bae was this month sentenced to 15 years in a North Korean labor camp for unspecified "hostile acts."

North Korea Sentences U.S. Citizen To 15 Years Hard Labor

Passersby watch a local television broadcast in Seoul on Thursday showing a report on the sentencing of Kenneth Bae. Kim Jae-hwan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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North Korea Sentences U.S. Citizen To 15 Years Hard Labor

May 2, 2013 • Pae Jun-ho, known in the U.S. as Kenneth Bae, is among a number of U.S. citizens arrested in North Korea over the years.