North Korea Releases 3 US Detainees From Labor Camps, Negotiating Return

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North Korea Releases 3 US Detainees From Labor Camps, Negotiating Return
By Pritha Paul @ZiggyZina143 05/01/18 AT 4:59 AM

Ahead of the planned meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and an unprecedented thaw in the relationship between North and South Koreas, Pyongyang decided to release the three Korean-Americans detained in the country's labor camps Tuesday.

Choi Sung-ryong, a representative of the families of the prisoners, told South Korean news outlet Naver: "We talked with a source in North Korea today. North Korean authorities released Kim Dong-cheol, Kim Sang-deok and Kim Hak-seong, who were in jail at the labor correction center in early April, and they are currently in a ‘course’ where they are treated and educated at a hotel outside Pyongyang.”

Choi added that the source revealed North Korea was negotiating with the United States about the best way to get the detainees back home. One of the ways involved was releasing them back on the day of the Trump-Kim summit, although no specific date has been finalized yet for the meeting.

Read more at: http://www.ibtimes.com/north-korea-releases-3-us-detainees-labor-camps-negotiating-return-2676816