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"Officials in North Korea have decided to free and deport elderly Australian missionary John Short. The 75-year-old was arrested in mid-February after North Korean authorities found him in possession of evangelistic Christian literature that he was secretly distributing in the city of Pyongyang. According to a statement on the country\u2019s state-run news agency, the move was a sign of the \u201Cgenerosity of the laws of our republic\u201D considering Short\u2019s \u201Cadvanced age.\u201D Short also reportedly issued a written apology, saying, \u201CI now realize the seriousness of my insult to the Korean people \u2026 I am willing to bow down on my knees to request this tolerance of (North Korea) and the Korean people.\u201D As this story notes, many \u201Cconfessions\u201D written by those imprisoned in the country are frequently made under duress. Though North Korea claims to support a freedom of religion for its people, the regime of Kim Jong un is known to impose harsh penalties (including executions) on people found to own a Bible or that attends underground prayer services. Currently, American missionary Kenneth Bay is being held in the country for unspecified crimes related to his ministry work in the reclusive nation ..."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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