North Korea Releases American Jeffrey Fowle, US Confirms

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

Associated Press
theguardian.com, Tuesday 21 October 2014 13.09 EDT

The US State Department says Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans being held in North Korea, has been released.

State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said Fowle was home Tuesday after negotiators left Pyongyang. She said the US is still trying to free two other Americans, Matthew Miller and Kenneth Bae.

Associated Press journalists in Pyongyang spotted the US government plane at the capital’s international airport on Tuesday. The White House confirmed Fowle was released home to see his family.

Miller, Fowle and Bae were allowed to speak briefly with the Associated Press last month in Pyongyang. All said they believe the only solution to their situation is for a US representative to come to North Korea to make a direct appeal.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/21/north-korea-jeffrey-fowle-state-department

[EileenFB]

1. Wonder if the company that fired him

while he was detained offers him a job? Fowle is from my city and many were upset when it was reported a few months ago that the company he worked for refused to hold his job.

[Scairp]

2. They still claim he was not proselytizing

He was on "vacation". Right. My impression is this man went there because he was, literally, on a mission from god. For what other reason would someone apply to go to North Korea?