World | Kenneth Bae Jimmy Carter Plans N. Korea Rescue Mission 'Very Soon' Ex-prez will try to free Kenneth Bae By Rob Quinn Posted Jul 29, 2013 7:29 AM CDT Copied Kenneth Bae, right, has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" in North Korea. (AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Bobby Lee, File) Possibly for the first and only time, Jimmy Carter and Dennis Rodman share a common goal: securing the release of Kenneth Bae, the Korean-American tour guide serving a 15-year sentence for allegedly trying to bring down North Korea's government. The ex-president—who succeeded in a similar mission in 2010—plans to visit Pyongyang "very soon" to press for Bae's release, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency. Earlier this year, Rodman urged his pal Kim Jong Un to "do me a solid" and release Bae. He pledged to return to North Korea in early August, but it's not clear whether that trip is still on. Read These Next A former NFL Pro Bowler has died at age 36. The massive AWS failure exposed a big problem with the internet. Backlash for Trump nominee who said he has 'a Nazi streak.' A man ended up dead after trying to steal from Spirit Halloween. Report an error