Americans Freed by North Korea Return Home
The last two Americans held captive by North Korea returned home to the United States this weekend.
American missionary Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller were flown to a Washington state military base.
"It's been an amazing two years, I learned a lot, I grew a lot, I lost a lot of weight," Bae said.
"We're just glad to have him home. We don't really care how or who or when. We're just happy to have him home," Bae's sister, Terri Chung, said.
Chung told reporters outside her Seattle church on Sunday that her brother had one stipulation for his first meal back home: No Korean food.
Bae had been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. He thanked the U.S. and North Korean governments for his release.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper traveled to North Korea to secure the release of the two men.
President Barack Obama said Monday concerns about North Korea's nuclear program did not come up during negotiations for the release.
But the United States says it will be open to nuclear talks with North Korea if its leaders show they're serious about addressing the issue.