Former president Bill Clinton brought home two freed U.S. journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, from North Korea after a rare talk with leader Kim Jong Il. The North Korean dictator pardoned the women for entering the country illegally; they had been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor during the time of their arrest.…
Excerpt from today’s Los Angeles Times article: North Korea put two American television journalists on trial today for allegedly entering the country illegally after vigils calling for their release were held in at least nine cities across the United States, including Los Angeles. Laura Ling and Euna Lee, journalists working for San Francisco-based Current TV,…
Asian Pacific American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained on March 17 and will be tried in North Korea for “illegal entry” and “suspected hostile acts.” A Swedish diplomat has met with them on the behalf of the U.S. but at this time there are no details about their meeting, nor North Korea’s…