North Korea Releases One of Three American Captives

fowle-north-korea-NEWS-smAn emotional homecoming this week for the family of American Jeffrey Fowle, who was released after spending five months as a prisoner in North Korea: While visiting there, the 56-year-old Fowle was arrested for leaving a Bible in a sailors’ club, which the country said was illegal. The US called on North Korea to release two other Americans still imprisoned there, Matthew Miller and Christian missionary Kenneth Bae.

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