SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it plans to expel a U.S. soldier who crossed into the country in July.
Other Americans have entered North Korea over the years, including a few U.S. soldiers.
Five months later, North Korea announced it was expelling Lowrance who had entered the country illegally through China.
While North Korea officially guarantees freedom of religion, analysts and defectors describe the country as strictly anti-religious.
In 2009, American missionary Robert Park walked into North Korea with a Bible in his hand to draw attention to North Korea’s human rights abuses.
Persons:
CHARLES JENKINS, Charles Jenkins, Jenkins, Hitomi Soga, Soga, BRUCE BYRON LOWRANCE, Bruce Byron Lowrance, Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un, Lowrance, – Kim Dong Chul, Tony Kim, Kim Hak, —, Mike Pompeo, MATTHEW MILLER, Matthew Miller, Miller, Barack Obama, Kenneth Bae, Weeks, KENNETH BAE Bae, Bae, James, JEFFREY FOWLE, Jeffrey Fowle, Tony Hall, Robert Park, OTTO WARMBIER Otto Warmbier, Warmbier, Warmbier’s, ”, — Fred, Cindy Warmbier —
Organizations:
Army, North, Washington, Trump, Associated Press, of Virginia
Locations:
SEOUL, South Korea, North Korea, U.S, Rich Square , North Carolina, North Korean, Japan, China, North, United States, Kim, Bakersfield , California, Pyongyang’s, Pyongyang, Korean, Lynnwood , Washington, Ohio, Chongjin, New York, Washington