Robert Shank (tsakiyar) yana daya daga cikin masu magana a taron kasa da kasa na baya-bayan nan a jami'ar PUST da ke Pyongyan, Koriya ta Arewa. Shank shi ne shugaban Noma da Kimiyyar Rayuwa a Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Pyongyang. Shi da matarsa, Linda, suna koyarwa a PUST tare da tallafi daga shirin Cocin of the Brothers Global Mission and Service.
Robert da Linda Shank, ma’aikatan Cocin ’Yan’uwa a Jamhuriyar Jama’ar Koriya ta Arewa (Koriya ta Arewa), sun sami ’yancin fita kamar yadda aka shirya don hutun Kirsimeti, in ji shugaban tawagar Jay Wittmeyer.
Mutane da yawa sun damu cewa mutuwar Kim Jong-il zai haifar da rashin kwanciyar hankali na siyasa tare da yin tasiri ga Shanks da sauran 'yan gudun hijira a cikin kasar, amma babu matsaloli.
Shanks sun ji labarin mutuwar Kim Jong-il ta hanyar watsa shirye-shiryen CNN, wanda suka gani a harabar Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Pyongyang inda Robert shugaban makarantar Noma da Kimiyyar Rayuwa ne kuma Linda na koyar da Turanci. An raba wannan labarin tare da ma'aikatan PUST da ɗalibai.
Lokacin da 'yan Shanks suka isa birnin Beijing, jirgin nasu ya gamu da ɗimbin 'yan jaridun kasar Sin da ke son jin cikakkun bayanai kan abubuwan da suka faru a Pyongyang tun bayan mutuwar Kim. Shanks sun isa Chicago ranar Talata da yamma.
The Elgin (Ill.) "Courier-News" jiya ya gudanar da wata hira da Howard Royer, manajan na Global Food Crisis Asusun, game da Shanks 'aiki a PUST da kuma bege ga N. Korea yanzu. Royer ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatan cocin da ke da alhakin haɗin gwiwar Cocin 'yan'uwa a Koriya ta Arewa. Je zuwa http://couriernews.suntimes.com/news/9670253-418/elgin-church-volunteers-return-from-north-korea-without-hassle-after-leaders-death.html .
- Wendy McFadden, mawallafin 'yan jarida da sadarwa na Cocin 'yan'uwa, ta ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoto.