Bae 's sister says family is ` ` really discouraged '' by his move back to a labor camp . ` ` I have not lost hope , '' Kenneth ' says in a conversation with a Swedish diplomat . `` I know if I continue for the next several months here , I will probably be sent back to the hospital again , '' Bae says in a video of a conversation with a Swedish diplomat recorded Friday . But he warns that the physical labor will probably put him back in the hospital . North Korea has held Kenneth , a Korean - American , since November 2008 .
Bae 's sister says family is ` ` really discouraged '' by his move back to a labor camp . ` ` I have not lost hope , '' Kenneth ' says in a conversation with a Swedish diplomat . But he warns that the physical labor will probably put him back in the hospital . North Korea has held Kenneth , a Korean - American , since November 2008 .