North Korea demands South Korea return 11 defectors, but Seoul says it won'tOctober 4th, 2009 North Korea demands SKorea return 11 defectorsSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's Unification Ministry says North Korea has demanded Seoul return 11 people who defected to the South by sea last week. The ministry says in a statement that the North sent its demand in a message Sunday.
Reporters freed from North Korea issue thank-you video, say they'll talk about ordeal laterAugust 14th, 2009 Freed reporters issue video thanks to supportersLOS ANGELES — The television reporters held captive in North Korea for 4½ months have issued a brief videotaped statement thanking all of the people who worked for their release. The video, posted Thursday on Current TV's Web site, shows Euna Lee and Laura Ling sitting on a couch.
Clinton says reporters held in NKorea sorry, calls for their releaseJuly 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.
Clinton says US reporters held in North Korea showed remorse, should be set freeJuly 10th, 2009 Clinton: Reporters held by N. Korea showed remorseWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says two American reporters sentenced last month to 12 years of hard labor for entering North Korea illegally have expressed "great remorse for this incident."
Clinton called Friday for North Korea to grant amnesty to Laura Ling and Euna Lee and let them return home quickly to their families.
San Francisco vigil planned for reporters jailed in North Korea; their husbands to attendJune 24th, 2009 SF vigil planned for reporters jailed in NKoreaSAN FRANCISCO — A vigil is being planned in San Francisco for the two American reporters sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea. The husbands of Current TV reporters Euna Lee and Laura Ling are expected to speak at the gathering Wednesday evening.
North Korea urged to release US journalistsJune 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.
White House says 2 US journalists were wrongly convicted in NKorea, issue is humanitarianJune 8th, 2009 Gibbs: 2 convicted journalists are innocentWASHINGTON — The White House says two U.S. journalists convicted and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea are innocent.
Supporters hold vigils for 2 Current TV reporters detained and on trial in North KoreaJune 4th, 2009 Vigils held for US reporters on trial in N. KoreaSANTA MONICA, Calif.
North Korea to put US journalists on trial ThursdayJune 4th, 2009 SEOUL - Two American journalists will go on trial in North Korean capital Pyongyang on Thursday. The great question is the degree to which Laura Ling and Euna Lee have unwittingly become pawns in a huge bargaining game since North Korean soldiers picked them up on March 17 as they were filming along China's Tumen River border with North Korea.
Two American journalists face trial in North KoreaApril 24th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea is to begin trial of two American journalists arrested last month from its border with China, the official news agency KCNA reported Friday. The news agency said investigation into the crimes of the two woman journalists has been completed and North Korea has decided to put them on trial.
North Korea decides to indict two American reportersApril 24th, 2009 NEW YORK - North Korea today said that it has decided to indict two US journalists who have been detained for more than five weeks on charges of illegally entering the country and committing "hostile acts."
"Our related agency has completed its investigation of the American journalists. It has formally decided to put them on trial based on confirmed criminal data," North Korea's state-run news agency, KCNA, reported.
South Korean delegation in North Korea for talksApril 21st, 2009 SEOUL - A South Korean delegation reached North Korea Tuesday morning to participate in talks amid mounting tensions in the Korean Peninsula. 'The delegation has crossed the border,' a spokesman of South Korea's Unification Ministry said.
South Korea agrees for talks with North KoreaApril 19th, 2009 SEOUL - The South Korean government Sunday said that it has decided to accept Pyongyang's offer for holding inter-Korean talks next week. It will be the first governmental talks between South Korea and North Korea since South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office in February last year.
South Korea says North Korea has proposed meeting on joint industrial complexApril 17th, 2009 NKorea proposes meeting on joint factory parkSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea says that North Korea has proposed a meeting on a joint factory park in the North next week. Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Ho-nyeon told reporters Saturday that the North recently proposed a meeting to discuss the joint complex in the border town of Kaesong.
'North Korea will not quit nuclear programme under US threat'January 16th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea will not give up its nuclear weapons programme under US threat, a foreign ministry spokesman said here Saturday. 'If there is something to be desired by us (North Korea), it is not normalisation of relations with the US, but to boost nuclear deterrent in every possible way,' the official KCNA news agency quoted the spokesman as saying.
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