North Korea frees detained South Korean worker, brightening prospects for better relationsAugust 13th, 2009 North Korea frees detained South Korea workerSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday freed a South Korean worker detained for months in the communist country, officials said, brightening prospects for improved relations on the tense peninsula. The release came days after Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jung-eun traveled to Pyongyang in an effort to secure the employee's freedom, and a week after the isolated regime freed two U.S.
Ling's sister: Reporter touched North Korean soil before being captured, detained for monthsAugust 7th, 2009 Ling's sister: Reporter touched North Korean soilLOS ANGELES — Laura Ling's sister says the two American journalists briefly touched North Korean soil before they were captured and detained for months in that communist country. "She said that it was maybe 30 seconds and then everything got chaotic.
US hopeful of amnesty to American journalists arrested by North KoreaJuly 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.
Scholar: NKorea interested in freeing journalists, but wants US to acknowledge 'hostile acts'July 11th, 2009 Scholar: NKorea interested in freeing US reportersSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea appears "seriously interested" in releasing two convicted American journalists but first wants the United States to acknowledge what Pyongyang sees as their "hostile acts," a U.S.-based scholar who visited Pyongyang said Saturday. Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained in March near the North Korean border with China and sentenced last month to 12 years of hard labor for entering the country illegally and for "hostile acts." The two — who work for former U.S.
American journalists held in North Korea admit breaking law; ask for pardon in call to USJuly 10th, 2009 Journalists held in North Korea ask for pardonSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The sister of an American journalist sentenced with a co-worker to 12 years in a North Korean labor camp said that they're seeking a pardon as their only hope for freedom.
Report: 2 US journalists 'doing fine' in guest house in PyongyangJuly 10th, 2009 Report: 2 US journalists in NKorea guest houseSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has delayed sending two convicted U.S. journalists to a prison labor camp, in a possible attempt to seek talks with Washington on their release, a scholar who visited the North said in an interview published Friday.
NKorea says detained US journalists will stand trial on June 4May 14th, 2009 NKorea says US reporters will stand trial June 4SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Thursday that two U.S. journalists arrested in the communist nation near its border with China two months ago will be put on trial on June 4.
North Korea to try US journalistsMay 14th, 2009 PYONGYANG - A North Korean court will try two detained US journalists June 4, the state-run news agency reported Thursday. Euna Lee, a Korean-American, and Laura Ling, a Chinese-American, were detained March 17 near the Tumen River, which marks the border with China.
NKorea formally decides to put detained US journalists on trialApril 24th, 2009 NKorea decides to indict detained US journalistsSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday it formally decided to indict two U.S. journalists arrested on its border with China more than a month ago.
North Korea to try detained US journalistsApril 24th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea Friday said it has concluded its investigation into the alleged illegal entry of two US journalists now detained by the Stalinist state and formally decided to put them on trial. The state-run Korean Central News Agency said 'hostile acts' had been concluded and the two women were also to be indicted on charges of illegal entry.
North Korea wants to put US reporters on trialMarch 31st, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea wants to put two detained US journalists on trial on charges of illegal entry and suspected 'hostile acts', state-run media said Tuesday. Authorities were already working on an indictment on 'the basis of the already confirmed suspicions', the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
North Korea confirms detention of two US journalistsMarch 22nd, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea Saturday confirmed that it detained two US journalists for entering the country illegally. The two US citizens were detained Tuesday when they crossed the border with China.
North Korea detains two American journalistsMarch 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - North Korean soldiers have detained two American journalists and their guide while they were on a reporting trip near the country's border with China, according to the State Department and their employer, Current TV. U.S. State Department spokesman Fred Lash confirmed to CBS News Thursday that two Americans had been detained near the China-North Korea border two days earlier.
North Korea detains two US journalistsMarch 19th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korean authorities have detained two US journalists at the border with China, news reports said Thursday. The two women who work for US-based media were detained this week by North Korean border guards while they were filming at the Stalinist state's border with China, South Korea's Yonhap news agency and the New York Times said.
Two US journalists detained in North Korea: ReportMarch 19th, 2009 SEOUL - Two US journalists have been detained by North Korean authorities, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday. The women journalists were detained two or three days ago near the Tumen River that borders China, Yonhap quoted unnamed sources as saying.
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