Clinton’s freed journos explain North Korean ordealThe US journalists recently imprisoned in North Korea, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, explain their terrifying capture on Chinese soil, insisting that they were dragged back across the border to North Korea.
Laura Ling
The backlash against jailed journos begins
If being held prisoner in North Korea wasn’t hard enough for journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the pair are now facing harsh criticism from detractors who say they put refugee-saving program they were reporting on at risk. Yeah, perhaps they had slightly bigger concerns at the time, snark Gawker.
Freed journo Laura Ling shopping for a book deal
Just a week after being freed from five months’ detention in North Korea, journalist Laura Ling is reportedly already shopping around a book proposal, alongside her equally famous sister Lisa Ling (of Oprah fame).
No hero for North Korea’s other foreign prisoners
It was a fairy tale ending for the two American journalists detained in North Korea, when former President Bill Clinton swooped in to save them. But for the 1000 South Koreans and 20 Japanese being held by the secretive state, there is no such knight in shining armour.
Freed journos tell of N. Korean nightmare
Details of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee’s 140-day “nightmare” behind bars in North Korea are beginning to emerge, with Ling revealing the pair were gripped with fear at the prospect of being sent to the country’s infamous hard-labour camp.
How Bill Clinton got the gig
Politico reveal the fascinating backstory of Bill Clinton’s crusade into North Korea: Pyongyang specifically asked for the former president to come.
Bill Clinton to save journos jailed in N. Korea?
South Korean newspaper Yonhap News is reporting that former US President Bill Clinton is swooping into North Korea to negotiate the release of jailed American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling, but Washington are playing dumb. Poor intelligence or poor privacy?
