Sandra Suh is an American aid worker deported from North Korea in 2015 on charges of "using her humanitarian status as a cover to gather and produce anti-Pyongyang propaganda."^[1]

In 1989, Suh founded a California-based organization, Wheat Mission Ministries.^[1] In 2005, Wheat Mission Ministries formally established itself as a non-profit organization.^[2] The organization provides food aid and medical technology to North Korea.^[1] The Korean Central News Agency said that Suh had frequently visited North Korea over the past 20 years.^[1]

On 8 April 2015,^[3] Suh was deported "on charges of using her humanitarian status as a cover to gather and produce anti-Pyongyang propaganda", visiting "under the pretense of humanitarianism",^[1] and "secretly taken photos and produced videos that had then been used as "propaganda abroad".^[4] KCNA said "the decision to deport rather than detain her had been made "taking into full consideration her old age"".^[1][5]

As of 9 April 2015^[update], US Department of State spokeswoman Marie Harf could not tell why Suh was deported.^[6]

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