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Fate of U.S. journalists held in North Korea Unknown

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 | posts | No Comments

A story that reminds us how dangerous reporting in parts of Asia can be… and how no formal procedures exists between N.Korea and the U.S. to address such a situation.

Two weeks ago, two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee of San Francisco-based Current TV, were detained by North Korean border soldiers.

North Korea has issued only two brief statements about the women. The first said they were being investigated and the second that they would stand trial for illegal entry and hostile acts toward the country. But Pyongyang hasn’t officially notified Washington of the charges, a State Department spokesman told the Wall Street Journal this week.

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