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FILE: AMERICAN DETAINEES IN NKOREA RETURNING HOME
05/09/2018
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PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED ON TWITTER WEDNESDAY THAT THREE AMERICANS HELD PRISONER IN NORTH KOREA HAVE BEEN FREED AND ARE ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THE U-S
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KIM DONG CHUL, KIM HAK-SONG AND KIM SANG DUK, WHO IS ALSO KNOWN AS TONY KIM, WERE FREED DURING SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO'S VISIT TO NORTH KOREA AND MEETING WITH LEADER KIM JONG UN
THE THREE MEN HAVE BEEN HELD IN NORTH KOREA FOR MONTHS
KIM DONG CHUL WAS ARRESTED IN 2015ACCUSED OF SPYING ON BEHALF OF SOUTH KOREA
TONY KIM AND KIM HAK-SONG WERE ARRESTED IN APRIL AND MAY OF 2017 ACCUSED OF CARRYING OUT HOSTILE ACTS AGAINST THE KIM JONG UN REGIME
THEY BOTH WORKED AT THE PYONGYANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE THREE AMERICANS APPEAR TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION AND WERE ALL ABLE TO WALK ON THE PLANE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE
TRUMP TWEETED THAT HE WILL GREET THEM WHEN THEY LAND AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE IN MARYLAND -- PRESUMABLY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
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INTERNATIONAL POLITICS NORTH KOREA

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