Read more Korean hostages stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7111/korean-hostages.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:37:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/18412/taliban-korea-paid-4m-ransom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Taliban released 21 South Korean hostages five months ago only after Seoul paid at least $4 million in ransom, a senior insurgent commander now claims. Contrary to South Korea's official denial to Newsweek that money changed hands, the commander said freeing the missionaries without recompense "would not have been...http://www.newser.com/story/18412/taliban-korea-paid-4m-ransom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 Feb 2008 9:40:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/7409/taliban-told-hostages-to-convert-or-die.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth Korean aid workers held captive by Taliban militants in Afghanistan recounted being urged at gunpoint to convert to Islam during at a news conference in Seoul today, the BBC reports. They were often beaten and forced to work "like slaves" during a six-week ordeal, which ended last month and...http://www.newser.com/story/7409/taliban-told-hostages-to-convert-or-die.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Sep 2007 17:46:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6816/korean-hostages-back-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNineteen relieved Christian aid workers returned home to South Korea yesterday after Taliban kidnapers released them from six weeks of captivity. They sank into the grateful arms of family and apologized to the public for "causing trouble." Korean officials had warned the church group not to travel to Afghanistan. The...http://www.newser.com/story/6816/korean-hostages-back-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Sep 2007 8:12:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6762/koreans-talk-about-ordeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"All I could think about was staying alive," said one of the South Korean aid workers released from captivity in Afghanistan yesterday. “Now that the tension is gone my body aches all over.” The group reunited in a Kabul hotel today and spoke to the South Korean media before boarding...http://www.newser.com/story/6762/koreans-talk-about-ordeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Aug 2007 12:10:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6713/final-korean-hostages-walk-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTaliban militants in Afghanistan freed the remaining seven South Korean hostages today, CNN reports, ending an episode that began July 19 with the abduction of 23 Christian aid workers. After two were executed, the remaining hostages were gradually released as the South Korean government negotiated with the captors, promising to...http://www.newser.com/story/6713/final-korean-hostages-walk-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Aug 2007 13:34:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6701/taliban-frees-4-more-captives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTaliban militants released four of their remaining seven South Korean hostages today. The two men and two women were released to Red Cross officials on a road in central Afghanistan, the AP reports. The Red Cross is on its way to pick up the three remaining hostages from the original...http://www.newser.com/story/6701/taliban-frees-4-more-captives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Aug 2007 10:17:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6623/8-korean-hostages-freed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Taliban released eight hostages today, a day after reaching a deal with the South Korean government. Three who were released earlier this morning were brought to the town of Ghazni by tribal elders—acting as mediators—then handed over to the Red Cross. South Korea has agreed to pull...http://www.newser.com/story/6623/8-korean-hostages-freed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Aug 2007 6:56:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6558/deal-reached-on-hostages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTalks between the Taliban and the South Korean government have resulted in the outline of a deal to release the remaining 19 hostages held in Afghanistan for over a month. The agreement involves withdrawal of Korea's 200 noncombat troops and an end to missionary activity, CNN reports, but not payment...http://www.newser.com/story/6558/deal-reached-on-hostages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Aug 2007 8:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6103/police-raid-frees-kabul-hostage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfghan police stormed a secret location in Kabul today and freed a German aid worker held by kidnappers this weekend, CNN reports. Her abductors had circulated a video of her asking for the release of unknown prisoners and pleading for her own freedom. The captors said only that they are...http://www.newser.com/story/6103/police-raid-frees-kabul-hostage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Aug 2007 18:49:00 CDT