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Sandra Suh is an American aid worker deported from North Korea in 2015 on charges of "using her humanitarian status as a cover to gather and produce anti-Pyongyang propaganda."

Humanitarian Efforts

In 1989, Suh founded a California-based organization, Wheat Mission Ministries. In 2005, Wheat Mission Ministries formally established itself as a non-profit organization. The organization provides food aid and medical technology to North Korea. The Korean Central News Agency said that Suh had frequently visited North Korea over the past 20 years.

Deportation

On 8 April 2015, Suh was deported "on charges of using her humanitarian status as a cover to gather and produce anti-Pyongyang propaganda", visiting "under the pretense of humanitarianism", and "secretly taken photos and produced videos that had then been used as "propaganda abroad". KCNA said "the decision to deport rather than detain her had been made "taking into full consideration her old age"".

As of 9 April 2015, US Department of State spokeswoman Marie Harf could not tell why Suh was deported.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Aid worker deported from North Korea on spying charges arrives in China". The Guardian. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  2. "U.S. Aid Worker Sandra Suh to Be Expelled by North Korea: KCNA". ABC News. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. Kwaak, Jeyup S. (8 April 2015). "North Korea Deports U.S. Aid Worker". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. "North Korea deports 'plot-breeding' US aid worker". Zee News (an Indian newspaper). 8 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  5. "North Korea Deports American Woman Named As Suh Sandra". The Huffington Post. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  6. "N. Korea says it deported American visitor for plotting". NY Daily News. 9 April 2015.
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