In June 2010, North Korea threatened "harsher punishment" if the United States continued its "hostile approach" in the follow-up to the sinking of the ROKS Cheonan, a South Korean warship.
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For two years prior to his arrest, Gomes taught English at Chungui Middle School in Gyeonggi-do Province, South Korea, having been recruited by Footprints Recruiting for the GEPIK teaching program.
Cavendish, along with former President Jimmy Carter, led the grassroots campaign to free American teacher Aijalon Gomes from North Korea.
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