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- 9/9/2009
- by masterofmystery
- Snitchseeker.com
U.S. journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling, sister of former View co-host Lisa Ling, have been sentenced to 12 years in a labor prison by North Korea's Central Court.
The reporters, who were working for Current TV, a company co-founded by Al Gore, were convicted of a "grave crime they committed against the Korean nation and their illegal border crossing," the Korean Central News Agency said.
Claiming suspicion of "hostile acts," North Korean authorities detained Lee and Ling along the China-North Korea border on March 17. The two were on assignment reporting on the plight of North Korean refugees.
"We are deeply concerned by the reported sentencing of the two American citizen journalists by North Korean authorities, and we are engaged through all possible channels to secure their release," U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelley said in a statement. "We once again urge North Korea to grant ...
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The reporters, who were working for Current TV, a company co-founded by Al Gore, were convicted of a "grave crime they committed against the Korean nation and their illegal border crossing," the Korean Central News Agency said.
Claiming suspicion of "hostile acts," North Korean authorities detained Lee and Ling along the China-North Korea border on March 17. The two were on assignment reporting on the plight of North Korean refugees.
"We are deeply concerned by the reported sentencing of the two American citizen journalists by North Korean authorities, and we are engaged through all possible channels to secure their release," U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelley said in a statement. "We once again urge North Korea to grant ...
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- 6/8/2009
- by Joyce Eng
- TVGuide - Breaking News
American journalists for Current TV sentenced to hard labor for 'grave crime' and illegal border crossing.
By Gil Kaufman
Laura Ling
Photo: Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images
Two American journalists who work for Current TV were sentenced to 12 years in labor prison camps by North Korean authorities on Monday (June 8). Laura Ling, 32, and Euna Lee, 36, were sentenced for the "grave crime they committed against the Korean nation and their illegal border crossing," the state-run Korean Central News Agency said, according to CNN.
Though the specific allegations were not released, the secretive trial and sentence by the North Korean government were the latest provocative moves from the Communist nation, which has recently angered the U.S. and its Nato allies with a series of nuclear and long-range missile tests that were seen as threats to the West. The women were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in one of the country's notoriously brutal prison camps,...
By Gil Kaufman
Laura Ling
Photo: Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images
Two American journalists who work for Current TV were sentenced to 12 years in labor prison camps by North Korean authorities on Monday (June 8). Laura Ling, 32, and Euna Lee, 36, were sentenced for the "grave crime they committed against the Korean nation and their illegal border crossing," the state-run Korean Central News Agency said, according to CNN.
Though the specific allegations were not released, the secretive trial and sentence by the North Korean government were the latest provocative moves from the Communist nation, which has recently angered the U.S. and its Nato allies with a series of nuclear and long-range missile tests that were seen as threats to the West. The women were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in one of the country's notoriously brutal prison camps,...
- 6/8/2009
- MTV Music News
At first, no news over the weekend almost seemed promising for Lisa Ling - whose sister, Laura Ling, and friend, Euna Lee - had been arrested by North Korean military on the Chinese border March 17 and faced trial on June 4 for alleged "hostile acts." As Lisa tweeted on Friday, "Trying to believe that Laura and Euna have won some hearts over, hence the silence." But on Sunday, June 7, CNN reported that the Korean Central News Agency said the women had been sentenced to 12 years in labor camps "for the grave crime they committed against the Korean nation and their illegal border crossing.
- 6/8/2009
- by Cynthia Wang
- PEOPLE.com
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