Report: Detained US reporters likely in Pyongyang

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Two American journalists detained by North Korean soldiers are believed to have been sent to Pyongyang for questioning, a news report said Sunday.

North Korea said Saturday it was investigating two Americans it detained Tuesday for "illegally intruding" into its territory after crossing the border from China.

A brief dispatch from the North's official Korean Central News Agency gave no other details, but it was apparent confirmation of reported arrests of two female U.S. journalists reporting on North Korean refugees in the border area.

South Korean media and a South Korean missionary identified the two detained Americans as Laura Ling and Euna Lee, reporters for former Vice President Al Gore's San Francisco-based media outlet Current TV.



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[FreakinDJ]

1. Chinese can argue successfully Laura Ling is an activist

and activism is not allowed in communist countries

nor Free Speech
nor Freedom of Religion
nor.....

[David__77]

3. Does activism include illegally crossing a national border?

Did she apply for a visa? Plenty of Americans go to North Korea legally.

[AngryAmish]

4. Many, many Mexican activists living in the US right now

[Sandrine for you]

2. The Great Leader is searching for attention from Obama, and these journalists give-it his chance. nt