Kenneth Bae
Kenneth Bae | |
|---|---|
Bae in 2014 | |
| Born | August 1, 1968 South Korea |
| Citizenship | American, South Korean |
| Education | Covenant Theological Seminary (MDiv) |
| Organization | NGI - Nehemiah Global Initiative |
| Children | 3 biological, 1 stepchild |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 배준호 |
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Bae Jun-ho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pae Chunho |
| Detainment | |
| Country | North Korea |
| Detained | November 3, 2012 |
| Released | November 8, 2014 |
| Days in detention | 735 |
| Sentence | 15 years of hard labor |
| Reason for detention | Hostile acts against the republic |
| Website | http://ngikorea.org |
Kenneth Bae (born Bae Jun-ho; born August 1, 1968) is a South Korean-born American Evangelical Christian missionary. Convicted by North Korea on charges of planning to overthrow the government, he was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment in April 2013. Bae was released on November 8, 2014, along with fellow American Matthew Todd Miller.
In 2016, he founded the NGO named NGI – Nehemiah Global Initiative, whose goals consist of remembering, rescuing, and recovering North Korean refugees and rebuilding their lives in China and South Korea.