Three American detainees in North Korea are urging the United States to step in and help them get released.
The three, Kenneth Bae, Jeffrey Edward Fowle and Todd Miller, were allowed to separately speak with CNN and The Associated Press for five minutes.
Bae, during his short time, told CNN, the country has him spending six days every week for eight hours at a labor camp. "Continue to pray for me," he implored.
He said that while it's "hard labor," he isn't treated poorly. Bae is currently serving a 15-year labor camp sentence for allegedly committing "hostile acts to bring down [the North Korean] government."
Fowle admitted he was treating well and has "no complaints" about his conditions and says he prays it will continue as he waits for his trial. He is accused of leaving a Bible at a North Korean hotel.
Miller, was more outright in his desperation, as he is set to go to trial for charges he doesn't actually know yet other than for tearing up his U.S. passport and crying for asylum.
"My situation is very urgent," Miller explained. "Very soon I am going to trial, and I would directly be sent to prison."
Fowle noted during the interview that he hopes that the U.S. government will help step in and secure his release, otherwise he could soon lose his job and his "kids might be out on the street," the Los Angeles Times reports.
Bae pleaded for intervention. "Send an enjoy as soon as possible," he explained as he noted he struggled to fall asleep and he suffered from back pain. "I think it's that's the only hope I have right now to go home and be reunited with my family."