By Ethan Cole
North Korea made good on its word and freed American Christian activist Robert Park, who arrived in Beijing Saturday.
A spokesperson for the United States Embassy said Park would fly to the United States later that day.
Park, 28, had been held by North Korea since late December after he crossed the frozen Tumen River on Christmas Day and entered without permission. The Christian activist from Tucson, Arizona, said he wanted to draw international attention to the human rights abuse in North Korea.
A copy of a letter written by Park, posted on the Seoul-based activist group Pax Koreana’s Web site, called on North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to repent and to open up the country to humanitarian aid and shut down concentration camps.
According to Pax Koreana leaders, who witnessed Park’s entry into North Korea, the Christian activist carried the letter and a Bible into the reclusive country.
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This post was written by mcarl on February 8, 2010
