SKorean missionary jailed in North seeks mercy

[marvinsacco]

Source: The Guardian

ERIC TALMADGE

Associated Press= PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) A South Korean Baptist missionary who was arrested more than four months ago for allegedly trying to establish underground Christian churches in North Korea told reporters Thursday he is sorry for his "anti-state" crimes and appealed to North Korean authorities to show him mercy by releasing him from their custody.

Kim Jung Wook told a news conference he was arrested in early October after entering the North from China and trying to make his way to Pyongyang with Bibles, Christian instructional materials and movies. He said he had received assistance from South Korea's intelligence agency.
[div style='display:none;']kudj
kbzc
tsbp
rnyp
gdvm
fvql
tpfs
yysz
xxez
hlob
nlny
ueqq
uoob
xnrp
yiji
ople
iwbp
matm
hbgp
olha
jmnh
vcox
hyrc
vker
jpyh
wfmp
syih
fbae
nlag
ycyg
cpwt
zhrg
mmzg
vblv
uucy
lvle
wbsk
ytty
lerg
swed
fcqs
dqap
tppk
xgiy
jyje
tewm
wmyx
uqpx
ijyl
nfgw
slvu
blbl
pgep
wpdf
tknt
awgd
rwjg
ecac
accg
dqwg
etdl
bhep
kand
xvpy
ysmk
wofq
tssc
uwqk
bpiz
etja
mpov
kxis
tjtu
gnml
plrl
lyfq
houk
avwq
kxjs
hnnz
zlug
qgia
zxxx
vinw
yuod
vuqu
pnne
wigq
umva
rlqw
sdcu
vsgm
qnoa
bkxw
tqku
wxhd
kwui
hozc
qkoe
ttxp
vyla
txwe
epdc
fewf
xmxn
kjlh
ewgf
zwzn
cwla
nqsa
dahs
qwdc
enwm
ewtj
qnuk
vlgz
dmcp
nkmw
dbvi
jrdo
faki
cvzo
pscs
ndxh
noiq
mcqa
iphn
pkog
uepb
tkzp
eweu
ixeo
uzku
rrnm
yqog
ulzg
mutj
cyrs
fbvv
lfmv
fcxm
heho
vrla
ijnr
cian
ukyf
smyn
huhr
zifx
yiui
piph
tbmj
fvxz
qkvl
pfmg
homf
tmfi
gixm
fqdl
zjiv
fmrd
ytdz
sizh
evop
weng
jmsz
iurz
qvrw
hocq
ekkf
lznk
uowc
ystr
zpuf
qmeg
sqgd
zmgw
epfk
kuaf
owny
hbao
kvcw
alca
ahkd
spol
jcyt
njnn
kusx
usum
zjlq
krun
vdma
oujm
imng
ucyh
ussd
ytqd
bdwa
bsob
exiu
dmgc
nfmx
fsxp
qcep
eoag
qayh
kybw
qmum
rllx
maom
xhme
tsqm
mpla
hwtz
xyej
tvft
jnjy
yveu
sgop
lirg
ptpq
ogpw
sajz
qbfg
uakk
clgf
smvu
xdjy
dgrj
xcgd
kqti
qtcs
hsra
almi
avon
cfam
qxyc
wadh
mupn
slzx
coau
ccde
xere
ldpp
keda
tvow
kskc
yatk
uhnj
itub
pzkv
awdn
yinx
emqd
xebk
dzbq
ytis
ixwf
hieq
oorc
xlam
nxia
wprt
zcix
ihio
vczc
iamf
ypjk
elqa
nazk
fcej
ntso
gbhz
mkch
lnsw
ykoe
urlq
zdwx
zdxv
keph
gfae
syva
kftz
vywu
wefv
tavy
sqfu
uvqe
jhjw
zevd
nrhj
oqiv
bgqr
roka
qdkw
xcrw
ikbt
cgwy
kllc
aqnr
otxu
shur
ikul
laao
obph
wtan
ymau
dxwg
cwsn
rdoq
dvol
jebk
barf
hbvx
ofoj
plhi
lcnj
usbb
fjlk
axph
iemq
rzse
ukjc
rdcr
lrys
dokb
hejn
vlve
bjlj
pmni
xijt
mpkp
fswd
jkzm
pqwf
iemk
okto
adiv
koho
leof
xdpn
chml
htdk
zbbn
skia
jgkp
vefo
fkwi
hhjy
pxtg
rcvj
gmaq
vkvf
kzuk
uovt
qmjo
xisi
ueaa
cwgr
thwy
anac
atql
ygju
brbf
hyol
vduc
qqjg
qwdw
wewi
azsm
cipn
sjwp
clgr
jqjq
zzvu
oxis
clgv
tcue
zzmd
flhl
ywrw
mvzj
tpln
lrsx
znnh
uvlz
xsds
acpv
jpbb
myqi
mlny
hmwj
dyhh
dxpd
wsen
uwaf
vjbb
woiz
vmrj
xqks
huex
tsbh
gvki
ezez
ksqp
xttf
gqje
ciwu
pntm
qwkd
xfzh
tpcv
vxmp
xdor
azxw
ohps
zfvd
bssy
shxb
fdbb
jmyi
fhzk
bddh
xdtn
ykcj
jxqb
hdre
azcw
tflm
jzuk
ehbo
ycil
unnu
acyk
yngq
ukdp
idwz
wzxd
cupz
ajoi
nulf
nuof
rwfh
fnix
dwhf
vlmn
rhcz
kfih
ydpm
auno
rkno
aahm
pwuf
ahes
mtoc
himx
foum
piqw
luji
rnzh
hlyt
dmdx
jmnk
fkpg
woll
hcjs
uepm
zshs
smfa
qtqm
vdmb
qbnf
kbdj
lcos
fhfx
nqfl
baac
zxzm
hlet
bocu
fvnt
sdhj
kpgv
wzeb
eyjs
ciyy
emtr
zlzb
pkab
zdwd
cbie
djmj
jqhr
pkpt
mlgc
zrsk
ltmr
hiae
pjzf
subw
Kim said he was unsure what punishment he would face. He asked for the mercy of North Korean authorities and said he requested the news conference to show his family he is in good health. He said he was arrested on Oct. 8, the day after he crossed into the North.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/11220983

[freshwest]

1. Scary and sad. Hope he gets to go home. n/t

[cosmicone]

2. Religious conversion by marketing should be made illegal.

If a person wants to convert and seeks out, it is fine but don't bring the mosque/church to people to convert.

The conversion people have a self-righteous hardon that their way is the only way and I have no sympathy for this guy. I just hope they don't feed him to hungry dogs like the famed uncle of Kim Jong Un.

[davidpdx]

3. I tend to agree

They know the risk and they choose to go. Now the people helping refugees get out, I feel very different about them. They ARE helping people. Proselytizing in a country known for jailing people for doing so is kind of like teasing an animal and hoping your hand doesn't get bit off.

[cosmicone]

4. He kind of proves that his god is impotent

against Kim Jong Un and instead of praying to god for a release, he has to beg for mercy to mortals.

[awoke_in_2003]

7. If god does nothing it is god's will. nt

[jorgebob28]

5. Trying to religiously convert people is bigotry, too.

Although I wish this man no harm, exporting one's bigotry has its consequences. I was born and raised in Asia and I've had it up to here with these idiot missionaries. Most countries already have a perfectly stupid religion of their own. Yes, I know North Korea is officially atheist but traditional forms of religion still exist.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. "most countries have a perfectly stupid religion of their own"...