Tag: Laura Ling
Posted on Mon Jun 08, 2009 at 07:55:00 AM EST
Tags: North Korea, Laura Ling, Euna Lee (all tags)
Euna Lee and Laura Ling, the two reporters for Current TV who were arrested when North Korea said they were improperly in the country, have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. The LA Times reports:
Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, were arrested March 17 along the China-North Korean border after top officials in Pyongyang said they had encroached on North Korean soil while reporting a story on human trafficking by Kim Jong Il's regime.
Laura Ling is the sister of tv personality Lisa Ling. Will that help her get released?
Life in a North Korea labor camp is not pleasant:
[More..]North Korean labor camps are notorious for their high death rates because of malnutrition and overwork. But thus far, the women have been fairly well treated, housed in a Pyongyang guest house and allowed occasional telephone calls. The Swedish ambassador has also been permitted to visit them.
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