US Christian activist Robert Park on N Korea imprisonment
US Christian activist Robert Park on N Korea imprisonment
ICC Note
Imprisoned 43 days and tortured for crossing border, missionary gives details and explains why he did it in BBC television interview. Please watch clip .
11/11/2010 North Korea (BBC) An American Christian activist who was imprisoned by North Korea after being accused of illegal entry has been speaking on television for the first time.
Twenty-nine-year-old Robert Park was released in February after 43 days in detention.
He had been imprisoned after walking across the border between North and South Korea on what he called a one-man peace mission.
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Viewers may find some of the content of Mr Park’s story disturbing.
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