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On March 17, 2009, North Korean soldiers detained two American journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who were working for the U.S.-based independent television station Current TV, after they crossed into North Korea from China without a visa. They were found guilty of illegal entry and sentenced to twelve years' hard labor in June 2009.
May 19, 2010 · On March 17, 2009, journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling were apprehended by North Korean soldiers while filming a documentary along the China-North Korea border.
May 20, 2010 · Ling, fellow journalist Euna Lee were jailed after crossing North Korea border. Ling spent 140 days in prison, but was able to communicate with family members.
Euna Lee (Korean: 유나 리; born 1972) is a Korean American journalist. While working for Current TV, Lee and fellow journalist Laura Ling were detained in North Korea after they crossed into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from the People's Republic of China without a visa
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May 10, 2018 · Ling was held captive in 2009 for 140 days with fellow journalist Euna Lee. The pair were working at the time for the now-defunct Current TV on a story about North Korean defectors.
In March 2009, North Korean soldiers captured journalist Euna Lee and her colleague Laura Ling while they were shooting a documentary on the border with China. The courts sentenced them to 12 years of hard labor, but American diplomats eventually negotiated their release.
Mar 16, 2015 · Lee and Ling were now prisoners of the world’s most hermetic country. For the majority of their five-month captivity, Lee and Ling were kept separated, adding to the an already terrifying situation.
