“Basketball hall-of-famer Dennis Rodman, who forged an unlikely friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on a recent trip, appealed Tuesday for the freedom of an American sentenced to 15 years. ‘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,’ Rodman tweeted. Bae, whose Korean name is Pae Jun-Ho, was sentenced last week to 15 years of hard labor on charges that he tried to topple the North Korean regime. The Korean-American had organized tours into the isolated state.”
Related posts:
Pakistan halts anti-drone protest led by ex-cricketer Imran Khan
Banks desert Somalia
Official: Cannes diamond heist actually nets $136M
Toyota's withdrawal to Texas an economic blow to California city
Gold Runs Out In Lisbon As Price Drop Compounds Money Misery
A radical dream for making techno utopias a reality
Der Spiegel Laments The Rapid Spread of Printable Pistols
Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing N.S.A.’s
Virginia’s ‘21-day rule’ needs to go
Edward Snowden: 'The people are still powerless, but now they're aware'
The Model Rockets That Need FAA Clearance to Launch
French officials abuse visa-free travel to spy on tax dodgers in Switzerland
Venezuela Seeks Buyer for Citgo Petroleum Refinery Unit
Banks, at Least, Had a Friend in Geithner
Egypt orders arrest of ousted Brotherhood leaders after army kills 53 protesters