{"id":15971,"date":"2013-08-15T05:08:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T05:08:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-08-15T05:08:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T05:08:04","slug":"North-Korean-prisoner-and-US-citizen-Kenneth-Bae-is-hospitalized-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15971","title":{"rendered":"North Korean prisoner and US citizen Kenneth Bae is hospitalized!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why are we not hearing more about US citizen Kenneth Bae, who was detained in North Korea in November and sentenced in April for &#8220;hostile acts to bring down its government&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenneth Bae,<\/strong> the American citizen sentenced to 15 years in a North Korean labor camp, has been moved to a hospital after a serious deterioration in his health, his sister said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where is the outrage?!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" id=\"ep_69\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_embed_2x_container.swf?site=cnn&#038;profile=desktop&#038;context=embed&#038;videoId=world\/2013\/08\/12\/hancocks-north-korea-kenneth-bae.cnn&#038;contentId=world\/2013\/08\/12\/hancocks-north-korea-kenneth-bae.cnn\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_embed_2x_container.swf?site=cnn&#038;profile=desktop&#038;context=embed&#038;videoId=world\/2013\/08\/12\/hancocks-north-korea-kenneth-bae.cnn&#038;contentId=world\/2013\/08\/12\/hancocks-north-korea-kenneth-bae.cnn\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"500\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Detention in North Korea has taken a heavy toll on Bae, who had already been dealing with other health problems, including diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>The eight hours per day of farm labor, which Bae had never done before, appear to have worsened his symptoms, she said, adding that &#8220;he&#8217;s also under a tremendous amount of stress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials have repeatedly called on North Korea to release Bae, whose sentence was announced toward the end of a period of heightened tensions between the two countries. 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