{"id":79208,"date":"2018-05-02T15:44:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T19:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=79208"},"modified":"2018-05-02T15:44:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T19:44:59","slug":"americans-in-north-korean-prisons-near-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=79208","title":{"rendered":"Americans in North Korean prisons near release"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Washington Times<\/a> reports that three Americans held in North Korean prisons are preparing for their release;<\/p>\n

The three Americans \u2014 Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak-song and Kim Sang Duk, also known as Tony Kim \u2014 were released from a North Korean labor camp and sent to Pyongyang for medical treatment, the Financial Times reported.<\/p>\n

Though out of the brutal labor camp, the men remain in the grasp of Mr. Kim\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n

They currently are believed to be convalescing in a hotel outside Pyongyang…National Security Adviser John R. Bolton had called for the release of the detainees, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly raised the issue during secret face-to-face talks with Mr. Kim last month in Pyongyang.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The UK’s Daily Mail<\/a> speculates that their release will be a hand-off to President Trump personally when the leaders meet;<\/p>\n

Trump had also stressed that their return remained a priority and that his administration was ‘fighting very diligently to get the three Americans back’.<\/p>\n

‘We have been talking about them. We are negotiating now,’ Trump said at a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, how about the Americans held in Iran?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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