Kenneth Bae 's sister told CNN on Saturday that her family is `` deeply concerned '' after learning that the imprisoned American citizen has been moved from a North Korean hospital to a labor camp . `` It 's just devastating , '' Terri Chung said . `` ... We 're really discouraged and concerned . '' Chung spoke to CNN 's Don Lemon with sports agent David Sugarman , who is pushing a new social media campaign -- using # BringBaeBack -- to raise attention about Bae , 45 , and increase pressure on officials in Pyongyang to release him . `` We need to get the world and the American people behind us , '' said Sugarman , who represents retired NBA player Kenny Anderson . Anderson joined another retired player , Dennis Rodman , in his recent controversial visit to North Korea . Sugarman also made a personal appeal to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un . `` Human to human , I 'm asking you to release Kenneth Bae . I 'm going to take it a step further : If the North Korea government actually needs somebody in North Korea , take David Sugarman , '' Sugarman said . `` Allow me to go there . I 'm younger . I 'm healthier . `` You have released prisoners before , and I 'm asking you to release Kenneth Bae , '' Sugarman continued . U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel , D-New York , said the public pressure could work on North Korea . `` People like David should be all over the country , '' Rangel said . `` Churches and synagogues should be pleading to this government that this has nothing to do with communism and the United States of America . It 's a brother and a father and a son , and they should be responding to this effort . '' Chung described her family 's quest to free Bae as `` all consuming . '' `` This is our whole life , '' Chung said . `` We will not rest easy until his feet touch U.S . soil . '' Bae , of Lynwood , Washington , was arrested in November 2012 in Rason , along North Korea 's northeastern coast . The North Koreans say he was picked up for a crime against the state . A devout Christian and father of three , Bae operated a China-based company specializing in tours of North Korea , according to his family and freekennow.com , a website that friends set up to promote his release . The North Korean government accused Bae of planning to bring down the government through religious activities . Last month , he told reporters that he had committed a `` serious crime '' in the secretive nation and that he had not experienced abusive treatment by the regime . On Friday , State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki that Washington is `` deeply concerned '' about Bae 's recent move to a North Korean labor camp . Choson Sinbo -- a pro-North Korean publication with offices in Tokyo and Pyongyang that has claimed to have interviewed Bae in the past -- indicated in a report on its website Saturday that it had talked to him again . According to the site , Bae said he 'd been at a labor camp for about three weeks , during which time he works and also has some time to watch television and read books . Choson Sinbo claims that Bae has been told to expect a visit from Robert King , the U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues , as early as this coming Monday . Psaki said late last month that the United States is `` prepared to send Ambassador King '' to North Korea to discuss Bae . `` There is n't a plan right now for Ambassador King to travel there , '' she said on January 29 .
Sports agent makes plea to North Korea , offering himself in place of Bae . Rep. Rangel says public effort should focus on how Bae is father , son , brother . Kenneth Bae was recently moved from a North Korean hospital to a labor camp . His sister , Terri Chung , says she 's `` deeply concerned '' about the move .