Ken Bae says U.S. media, family hampering pardon potential

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Ken Bae says U.S. media, family hampering pardon potential

North Korean media time release to coincide with lunchtime news on U.S. East Coast

Chad O'Carroll January 21, 2014

Ken Bae says U.S. media, family hampering pardon potential

KCNA

North Korean media released an interview with American prisoner Kenneth Bae on Monday in which he complained that Western observers confused about his “guilt” were hampering a potential early release.

Bae said that comments about his “innocence” made by his sister, Western media and even U.S. Vice President Joe Biden were putting him in a "difficult situation."

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Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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