Fifteen months ago, Kenneth Bae was imprisoned for committing "hostile acts" against the North Korean government. He is currently serving out his sentence.

 

This week in a press conference in Pyongyang, Bae confessed that he had committed a "serious crime" in the secretive nation and that he had not experienced abusive treatment by the regime. He went on to say, "I want to be pardoned by the North as soon as possible and return to my beloved family. For that, I ask the U.S. government, press and my family to make more active efforts and pay more attention."

 

Experts claim that any statement made by Bae in captivity would be sanctioned by the North Korean government, and the country has a long history of exacting false "confessions."

Source: CNN