According to OneNewsNow.com, Three Americans detained in North Korea for more than a year are on their way back to the U.S. with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump announced this morning in the latest sign of improving relations between the two longtime adversary nations.
Trump said on Twitter that Pompeo was "in the air" and was with "the 3 wonderful gentlemen that everyone is looking so forward to meeting." The president tweeted he would greet them at Andrews Air Force Base early tomorrow morning.
The release of the detainees came as Pompeo visited North Korea on Wednesday to finalize plans for a historic summit between Trump and the North's leader, Kim Jong Un.
The Associated Press said North Korea had accused Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song and Tony Kim, all Korean-Americans, of anti-state activities but their arrests were widely seen as politically motivated and had compounded the dire state of relations over the isolated nation's nuclear weapons. You can see a detailed report of their detention here.
They had been held for periods ranging between one and two years. They were the latest in a series of Americans who have been detained by North Korea in recent years for seemingly small offenses and typically freed when senior U.S. officials or statesmen personally visited to bail them out.
Thank President Trump and Secretary Pompeo for getting American prisoners released from North Korea.
Please continue to pray for President Trump as he leads our nation and works toward securing the freedom of other Christian and political prisoners.
