Photo thanks to sxc.huOn March 17, Lauran Ling and Euna Lee, two American journalists from Current TV in San Francisco, were apprehended by North Korean soldiers on the North Korea China border.
The charges placed against them are "committing hostilities against Korean nation and illegal entry," said KCNA. They are being sentenced to 12 years of hard labour.
According to the New York Times "The United States government had demanded that the North forgo the legal proceedings and release the two women."
The women were doing a story on refugees fleeing from North Korea to China in search of food.
It's unknown if or when North Korea will release the two back to the U.S. but the U.S. is still pursuing their release.
Additional sources: http://www.topix.com/topstories/north-korea
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/world/asia/08north.html
-Erik Bender
I heard they were sentenced to 12 years at a labor camp. Either way, the two will be able to write one hell of a story after their trip.
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