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02 Sep 2009 10:59

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U.S., World: Laura Ling & Euna Lee: We were pulled back into North Korea

  • Feeling nervous about where we were, we quickly turned back toward China. Midway across the ice, we heard yelling. We looked back and saw two North Korean soldiers with rifles running toward us. Instinctively, we ran. We were firmly back inside China when the soldiers apprehended us.
  • A statement on Current TV’s Web site • In the statement, Ling and Lee describe the circumstances that led them into North Korea. Basically, a guide in China convinced them to keep walking until they found themselves in the country. They immediately went back into China, but were grabbed anyway by North Korean soldiers. Which, if anything, lends credence to the idea that they weren’t intentionally headed there. • source
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19 Aug 2009 21:34

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U.S., World: North Korea: We gave you back your women. Now talk to us.

  • They feel, the North Koreans, that by giving us the two American journalists, that they’ve made an important gesture. And now they’re saying the ball’s in our court.
  • New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson • Talking about the current diplomatic situation with North Korea. They want bilateral talks (a.k.a. just the U.S. and North Korea), but the U.S. remains committed to having those talks as part of a larger group of countries. It just confirms what we knew all along: Euna Lee and Laura Ling were pawns for North Korea. • source
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07 Aug 2009 10:56

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U.S., World: Laura Ling and Euna Lee barely even crossed into North Korea

  • 30 seconds in North Korea led to a world of hurt for the journos source
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05 Aug 2009 10:40

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U.S., World: Welcome back to the U.S., Laura Ling and Euna Lee

Not many people are met at the airport by their boss – especially if their boss is Al Gore. But for Current TV producer Euna Lee, it was well-deserved. source
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04 Aug 2009 15:17

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U.S., World: Laura Ling and Euna Lee freed. Here’s the latest from Twitter

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04 Aug 2009 01:05

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U.S., World: Currently playing diplomat in North Korea: Bill Clinton

  • Dude’s trying to get Laura Ling and Euna Lee released. Ex-president Bill Clinton, who’s kept busy since he left office, touched down in North Korea today in hopes of easing a major diplomatic crisis and freeing his old understudy’s reporters. Ling and Lee both work for Current TV, which is run in part by Clinton’s former vice president, Al Gore. While one could reasonably assume a deal’s in place for the release of the journalists considering who’s stopping by, nothing has been announced yet. source
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09 Jul 2009 19:47

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U.S., World: Phone call from US reporter imprisoned in North Korea a “relief”

  • It was a tremendous relief to hear Laura’s voice last night. It was only the first time I have heard her voice in weeks. That silence has been just so terrifying and deafening.
  • Lisa Ling • On hearing from her sister, American TV reporter Laura Ling, who is currently being detained in North Korea. Laura and her colleague Euna Lee were arrested March 17 near the China-North Korea border while researching a story. On June 8 they were sentenced to 12 years of “reform through labour.”  • source
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10 Jun 2009 10:55

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U.S., World: Laura Ling’s close friend talks about her North Korean capture

  • I said to my mom, ‘What are you talking about?’ Then I quickly did a Google search and the story came up. I was in shock. This was my good friend.
  • Cheryll Marsh • A lifelong friend of Laura Ling, the Current TV reporter who was captured by North Korean authorities and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. She goes on to say that Ling is “a beautiful person inside and out” and is confident she’s handling the ordeal well. • source
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08 Jun 2009 22:15

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U.S., World: Hilary Clinton: Don’t read into the North Korea jailed journo case

  • We hope that the North Koreans will grant clemency and deport them. There are other concerns that we and the international community have with North Korea, but those are separate and apart from what’s happening to the two women.
  • Secretary of State Hilary Clinton • Discussing the fates of jailed Current TV journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling while being very careful not to tie their situation to that of the current nuclear crisis complicating diplomacy between North Korea and the rest of the world. Nice job separating the two, but we have to imagine people have already made up their minds on this one. • source
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08 Jun 2009 09:17

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U.S., World: 12 years?! 12 years for the journalists arrested in N. Korea?!

  • This is, simply put, complete bull$&%#. Current TV journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who were working on a story about defectors from North Korea when they were arrested, were sentenced to 12 years of “reform through labour.” North Korea’s prisons are notoriously awful and these journalists deserve no less than Roxana Saberi got in terms of protest and support for a fair release. While it’s argued that the jail time is a mere negotiating tactic for a country in need of one, it’s still pretty awful no matter how you shake it. source
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