The mother of Kenneth Bae, the American imprisoned in North Korea, has arrived in the country to visit her ailing son, according to a friend of the family. Earlier this year, Bae, a Korean-American, was sentenced to 15 years in a North Korean labor camp for what the government called "hostile acts." His family has not been able to see him for almost a year since his November 3 arrest in North Korea. "As a mother, I worry endlessly about his health," said his mother, Myunghee Bae in a videotaped statement. "I want to see him, comfort and hold him in person. I miss him so much."
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Mother of Kenneth Bae arrives in North Korea to visit her son, says family friend
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Bae has been sentenced to 15 years in North Korean labor camp
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His mother says she was alarmed by her son's appearance in a July prison interview
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"It's hard to describe the agony of the past year since my son has been imprisoned in the @placeholder," she said in a released statement.