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American journalist Laura Ling was arrested in March 2009 by North Korean officials. She will be tried for "illegal entry and hostile acts".

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Former President Bill Clinton is en route to North Korea in an effort to secure the release of the two journalists who have been under arrest since mid-March for having trespassed into North Korea from China. Laura Ling and Euna Lee of the San ...  
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This summer while students laid out on beaches or bussed tables, International Affairs Professor Han Park traveled to the tightly-sealed communist block of North Korea. There he played a crucial role in the release of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee from a 12-year sentence in a hard labor prison.  
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Speaking via telephone, Lisa Ling, sister of Laura Ling who was recently freed from North Korea, shared how Laura has been adjusting to life back in the United States. Discussing the time before Laura Ling and Euna Lee were freed, Lisa stated that ...  
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Laura Ling and Euna Lee reunited with family and home at last photos and video Laura Ling, top, and Euna Lee, two freed American journalists who were arrested in March after allegedly crossing into North Korea from China, arrive at Bob Hope Airport ...  
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Laura Ling and Euna Lee board plane with former president Bill Clinton In this image taken from a footage shot by APTN, former US president Bill Clinton greets US journalists as they board a plane to depart for home at an airport in Pyongyang, North ...  
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Lisa Ling Returns To "The View" As Guest Co-HostAHNJust this summer, she went through a scary ordeal when her sister Laura Ling and another journalist Euna Lee were imprisoned in North Korea. ...UW-L organizes essay contestLa Crosse Tribuneall 216 news articles »  
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AFPFreeing the captured American journalistsChicago TribuneAfter being detained for over four months in North Korea, American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee finally returned home on August 5, 2009. ...North Korea: “Its time to take us Seriously”World Market Media (blog)all 11 news articles »  
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Written by TheSaudaVoice on
NORTH KOREA - Laura Ling, 36, and Euna Lee, 32, are reporters for Current TV , a San Francisco-based cable news network founded by former Vice President Al Gore.  In March, Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee were in China reporting on female trafficking in the region, specifically of North Korean women.  On March 17th, while continuing work on their news story near the China-North Korea border, the two women were arrested by North Korean border guards.  To date, no one knows whether the reporters accidentally crossed into North Korea when they were arrested or the border guards crossed into China in order to take ... Read Full Story
Written by channelapa on
With all the discussions about healthcare, here's an interesting piece by Lisa Ling. Did you know young people (ages of 18-35) make up the largest group of Americans without health insurance? Young people graduating from college and moving into the workforce lose the health insurance they got through their parents or their school, and not replacing it. In many cases, it's because employers don't offer insurance or young workers opt out of employer-sponsored plans because they perceive them as being too expensive. Many young people think of themselves as healthy, and unlikely to require much in the way of medical attention. Health Care - ... Read Full Story
Written by beautybala on
Former President Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to North Korea where he met with leader Kim Jong Il in a “solely” mission to free the two American journalist, Laura Ling and Euna Lee,who are now coming home to their families. Following a visit by Bill Clinton, the North Korean government issued a special pardon for the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee. The Korean Central News Agency called the pardon an example of a “humanitarian and peaceloving policy”. Laura’s sister Lisa Ling said, “Everything is just so delicate. We’re going to wait it out a while longer. We’re on pins and needles.” ... Read Full Story
Written by channelapa on
For all the times we been to Vegas, we didn't even know tunnels existed there. Here's Lisa Ling's report for Nightline about "tunnel people" in Vegas. Apparently, hundreds of homeless people live under the neon lights of Vegas. Also check out the latest special reports by Lisa Ling for Nightline including marijuana in California , Los Angeles water cops , and Locke High School . Tunnel People in Vegas by Lisa Ling Read Full Story
Written by Paulette on
Laura Ling and Euna Lee leaving North Korea!!! North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has issued a “special pardon” to Laura Ling and Euna Lee the two American journalists convicted of sneaking into the country illegally, and he ordered them released during a visit by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. The release of Ling and Lee was a sign of North Korea’s “humanitarian and peace loving policy,” the Korean Central News Agency reported. Bill Clinton arrived in North Korea Tuesday on an unannounced visit and met with the reclusive and ailing Kim. North Korea accused Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, of sneaking into the ... Read Full Story
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