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Trump: Three US detainees released from North Korea

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US President Donald Trump has announced that three American citizens detained in North Korea have been released and are on their way back to the US along with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had successfully secured the released of three American citizens detained in North Korea.

The president tweeted that Pompeo was on his way back to the US from Pyongyang with the three released prisoners. “I am pleased to inform you that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the air and on his way back from North Korea with the 3 wonderful gentlemen that everyone is looking so forward to meeting,” he tweeted, adding the former detainees appeared “to be in good health.”

Who are three US citizens released by North Korea?

  • Kim Hak-song, who is in his mid-50s, was working at Pyongyang’s University of Science and Technology (PUST), specializing in agricultural development, during the time of his arrest. Born in Jilin, China, Kim went to university in California and continued to live in the US for 10 years. He subsequently moved back to China before going on to work in Pyongyang. He was arrested in May 2017 on suspicion of planning to commit “hostile acts” against the government, according to the North.
  • Kim Sang-duk, who also goes by the name Tony Kim, is a former professor at China’s Yanbian University of Science and Technology, close to the Korean border. The university website lists his speciality as accounting. South Korea media reported that Kim, who is reportedly in his 50s, had taken part in relief work in North Korea’s rural parts and also taught at PUST. He was arrested in Pyongyang although the reason for his arrest remains unclear.
  • Kim Dong-chulis a South Korea-born American businessman and pastor in his 60s. He was arrested in October 2015 after allegedly receiving a USB stick containing confidential military information and nuclear secrets from a North Korea soldier. He was charged by North Korean authorities in April 2016 with subversion and espionage, and sentenced to 10 years’ hard  In a January 2016 interview with CNN, Kim said he was a naturalized American living in Fairfax, Virginia. He also said that he had previously run a hotel services company in North Korea’s special economic zone of Rason, located near the border with China and Russia.

“The Promise”: DVD release of the Hollywood fresco on the genocide April 11, 2018

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The Promise DVD release

The Promise DVD release

It has been waiting for years, this mainstream film that will talk about the Armenian genocide. The wait was even longer in France, since it is one of the last countries to have released on the big screen. From April 11, it will be available on DVD.

The Promise is not intended to be a documentary but is extremely well documented. Through the prism of a love triangle between a young Armenian medical student (Oscar Isaac), an American reporter (Christian Bale) and his Armenian fiancee (Charlotte Le Bon), Terry George embarked on a Hollywood fresco in 1915. Finally! Because more than ever, the maxim of the film is topical: ” Our revenge will survive .”

Michael’s dream, played by Oscar Isaac, is to become a doctor. He leaves the Armenian countryside thanks to the money given by the father of his fiancee to come to Constantinople. And nothing happens as he could have imagined. ” Terry George wanted to make a classic movie, so it would be easy to get into it. That sounds familiar, while the genocide story is not at all, “says Oscar Isaac.

The one who has been seen as a Jedi, an X-Men or Llewyn Davis plays perfectly this Armenian lost between his contrary feelings – the reason pushes him towards his fiancée, the passion towards woman totally opposed – and the horror of the situation that he has to face – fortunately, he can count on his friend of the medical school, a Just who rebels against the actions of his family … Of what there to see a point of optimism, as Oscar Isaac points out: ” Even today, all over the world, atrocities are repeated again, and again, and again. The film conveys a hopeful message, which is particularly needed at the moment, especially with what can be seen about the treatment of refugees . “

Director Terry George © Claire Barbuti.

” I think cinema is the most effective medium for educating, ” said Terry George when The Promise was released , which ultimately only lasted a few days in movie programming . With this DVD release, the opportunity is there to try to show this didactic film and moving to the greatest number.

Breaking News: Iran releases four dual-national inmates in prisoner swap

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Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi

Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi

Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi says Iran has released four dual-national prisoners as part of a prisoner exchange agreement.

“In line with ratifications of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and the Islamic establishment’s general expediencies, four Iranian prisoners, who hold dual nationality, have been released within the framework of a prisoner swap,” Dolatabadi said on Saturday, IRNA reported.

To be updated…