Advertisement3 Americans Detained In North Korea Urge U.S. To Secure Their ReleaseSeptember 01, 2014Krishnadev CalamurfacebookEmailKenneth Bae, an American tour guide and missionary serving a 15-year sentence in North Korea, speaks to The Associated Press on Monday. Bae and two other detained Americans urged the U.S. to send a high-level emissary to secure their release. (AP)