An American tourist who was arrested in North Korea in May after leaving a Bible at his hotel has been released and is en route home, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Jeffrey Fowle, 56, a father of three from Ohio, was flown from North Korea aboard a U.S. military plane to a U.S. naval base in Guam, said Marie Harf, a State Department spokeswoman. It was not yet clear when he would continue his trip, she said.
North Korea demanded as a condition of his release that the American government transport Fowle out of the country within a certain "time frame," Harf said.
- Washington Post