Kenneth Bae

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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2014 file photo, Kenneth Bae speaks to the Associated Press in Pyongyang, North Korea. The US announces Saturday the release of Americans Bae and and Matthew Todd Miller who were detained in North Korea, saying they're on way home. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

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FILE - This Jan. 20, 2014 file photo shows American missionary Kenneth Bae speaking to reporters at Pyongyang Friendship Hospital in Pyongyang. North Korea has canceled for a second time its invitation for a senior U.S. envoy to visit the country to discuss the long-detained American's possible release, the State Department said Monday, Feb. 10. The cancellation comes only days after Bae told a pro-Pyongyang newspaper that he expected to meet this month with the envoy. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2014 file photo, American missionary Kenneth Bae, right, leaves after speaking to reporters at Pyongyang Friendship Hospital in Pyongyang. Bae, 45, who has been jailed in North Korea for more than a year, appealed for the U.S. to do its best to secure his release. Bae has been returned to a labor camp, prompting worries about his health, his sister Terri Chung said Friday, Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2014 file photo, American missionary Kenneth Bae speaks to reporters at Pyongyang Friendship Hospital in Pyongyang. Bae, 45, who has been jailed in North Korea for more than a year, appealed for the U.S. to do its best to secure his release. Bae has been returned to a labor camp, prompting worries about his health, his sister Terri Chung said Friday, Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)

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FILE - This Jan. 20, 2014 file photo shows American missionary Kenneth Bae speaking to reporters at Pyongyang Friendship Hospital in Pyongyang. The gallery over the House of Representatives is filling up for President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Democratic congressmen Rick Larsen of Washington and Charles Rangel of New York announced Tuesday they will host Bae's mother and sister. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)

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U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Ambassador Glyn Davies listens to a reporter's question during a press conference at a hotel in Beijing, China Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Davies on Tuesday urged North Korea to pardon imprisoned American Kenneth Bae, saying he was in poor health and needed to return home. Davies’ call for Bae’s freedom follows a news conference the missionary gave earlier this month at which he said his situation was growing more difficult. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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National Edition News cover for January 25, 2014 - EXCLUSIVE: N. Korea sending message it wants to release captive Kenneth Bae, former envoy says: American missionary Kenneth Bae, right, leaves after speaking to reporters at Pyongyang Friendship Hospital in Pyongyang Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. Bae, 45, who has been jailed in North Korea for more than a year, appealed for the U.S. to do its best to secure his release. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

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Derek Sciba, a family friend of Washington state's Kenneth Bae, held for more than a year in North Korea, sits in an office in Seattle on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. "Our end goal is to see Kenneth reunited so he can recover emotionally and physically. He has chronic health problems," Sciba said. (AP Photo/Donna Blankinship)