Early friday morning, former US President Jimmy Carter got on a plane with a healthy and smiling Aijalon Gomes. Gomes was sentenced to 8 years in a labour camp and $700000 for illegally trespassing into North Korea from the Chinese border. Gomes appears to be in good health, however Robert Park, who was friends with Gomes, and trespassed into the North one month earlier, required psychiatric assistance after his release from the DPRK. It might be some time before we see any sort of interview from Gomes, but time will tell. Carter likely did not get an opportunity to meet leader Kim Jong-Il, who departed for China suddenly (possibly with heir apparent son, Kim Jong-Un) with speculations abound on his intentions.
Source: CNN
