Clinton says US reporters held in North Korea showed remorse, should be set free

September 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested the US is prepared to engage in direct talks with North Korea to encourage the communist country to rejoin negotiations over its nuclear programme. But Clinton said there had been no formal decision on whether to accept a North Korean invitation for the US special envoy Stephen Bosworth to travel to Pyongyang.

August 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Tuesday met Bill Clinton at the White House to discuss the former president's trip to North Korea earlier this month. Clinton had gone to North Korea to secure the release of two US journalists who had been held there for months, and the White House said at the time that the 42nd president would soon debrief Obama on the trip.

August 5th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Two US journalists freed by North Korea after three months in prison arrived back in the US Wednesday along with former president Bill Clinton. Laura Ling, 32, and Euna Lee, 36, landed at Burbank's Bob Hope Airport near Los Angeles.

August 5th, 2009 Clinton departs North Korea with journalistsWASHINGTON — Bill Clinton's spokesman says the former president has left North Korea with two American journalists who had been held hostage. Matt McKenna said late Tuesday that Clinton has "safely left North Korea with Laura Ling and Euna Lee." He said they're flying to Los Angeles, where the journalists will be reunited with their families.

July 26th, 2009 Clinton: NKorea has no friends leftWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that North Korea is isolated as never before and that China has been enormously helpful in pressuring the regime to abandon its nuclear program. Clinton says that North Korea doesn't have any friends left.

July 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned Iran and North Korea over developing nuclear arms. Speaking in Thailand, Clinton said that if Iran developed nuclear weapons, the US would extend a "defence umbrella" over Arab allies that would make it "unlikely that Iran will be any stronger or safer," Clinton said.

July 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - What North Korea has been doing does not deserve international attention it wants to get, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. The top US diplomat Monday said in the "Good Morning America" programme of the ABC television that the Obama administration has changed its approach toward Pyongyang last month, after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test May 25 and test fired a series of ballistic missiles.

July 11th, 2009 Scholar: NKorea wants US show of remorseSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea wants the U.S. to show remorse for the actions of two American journalists convicted of illegally entering the country, and it might free the women if Washington does so, a scholar who visited Pyongyang said Saturday.

July 11th, 2009 Clinton says reporters held in NKorea sorryWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday urged North Korea to grant amnesty to two American reporters sentenced to 12 years of hard labor last month for illegally entering North Korea. Clinton said the reporters have expressed "great remorse for this incident" and called on the North to allow Laura Ling and Euna Lee to quickly return home to their families.

July 11th, 2009 NEW YORK - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hopeful that two American journalists detained by North Korea on charges of illegally entering the country will be granted amnesty. Clinton on Friday said "everyone is very sorry" about an incident that resulted in North Korea detaining two US journalists.

June 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Monday called on North Korea to release two US women journalists who were held for illegally entering that country on humanitarian grounds. "We call on the North Korean authorities to release the two young ladies, allow them to be reunited with their families, and we're very, very focused on that right now," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters.

June 4th, 2009 Vigils held for US reporters on trial in N. KoreaSANTA MONICA, Calif.

April 30th, 2009 Clinton: North Korean return to talks implausibleWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says it is "implausible, if not impossible" that North Korea will return to international talks on ending its nuclear ambitions. Clinton's pessimistic response came during a Senate hearing Thursday as she was asked why the Obama administration is requesting money for aid to North Korea.

April 25th, 2009 Clinton hopes to resume nuclear talks with NKoreaBAGHDAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington hopes to resume talks with North Korea over its nuclear ambitions.

March 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that Washington has a range of options available to it to respond to North Korea should it proceed with a "provocative" long-range ballistic missile launch. A Fox News report quoted Clinton as telling reporters here: "We will discuss a response if we are not successful in convincing them not to go forward with what is a very provocative act." "There are a range of options available to take action against the North Koreans in the wake of a missile launch if they pursue that," she added.