N. Korea Sentences 2 U.S. Journalists to 12 Years of Hard Labor - NYTimes.com

This is a major story that should be getting more attention than it is. I’ve been watching the Today Show for an hour now and nothing has been said about it. I know Today is not America’s #1 source for breaking news, but such a story involving two innocents put in the middle of a political standoff should carry the morning’s headline and discussion- not national Best Friend day, the $232 million lottery winner, or Susan Boyle’s breakdown. I’m disappointed. 

rocketboom:

South Korea — North Korea on Monday sentenced two American journalists to 12 years of hard labor in a case widely seen as a test of how far the isolated Communist state was willing to take its confrontation with the United States.

The Central Court, the North’s highest court, held the trial of the two Americans, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, from Thursday to Monday and convicted them of “committing hostilities against the Korean nation and illegal entry,” the North’s official news agency, KCNA, said in a report monitored in Seoul.

Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee were on a reporting assignment from Current TV, a San Francisco-based media company co-founded by Al Gore, the former vice president, when they were detained by the soldiers. The reporters were working on a report about North Korean refugees — women and children — who had fled their homeland in hopes of finding food in China.

The circumstances surrounding their capture remain unclear.

Source: rocketboom

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  1. labchi reblogged this from rocketboom
  2. goosebumpmusic reblogged this from caro and added:
    Not to be snotty at all, BUT it has been all over CNN International and the Dutch news. Maybe American news IS broken...
  3. newsvibes reblogged this from caro
  4. winstonwolfe reblogged this from jayparkinsonmd and added:
    Sorry, I refuse to accept the notion that these two journalists would not have been taken hostage if we had done a...
  5. illjuxtaposition reblogged this from charitini and added:
    This is concerning to me. Please pass along if you feel the same. Thank you.
  6. thingsthatinspireandamuse reblogged this from rocketboom
  7. billcammack reblogged this from mikehudack
  8. davepress reblogged this from charitini and added:
    The entire situation is making me extremely sick. Like violently so, something needs to be done immediately. But, you...
  9. caraobrien reblogged this from jayparkinsonmd and added:
    Breaking my happy posts rule for a major news story, and because the above comment is something we really need to be...
  10. charitini reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
    This is a very big deal. North Korea is scarily bold.
  11. jayparkinsonmd reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
    Yes, this is a major story. But to quote something I read on twitter: “At least they were given a ‘trial’ which says...
  12. jhoffoss reblogged this from caro and added:
    Apparently it WAS on Today, but reguardless of that, it’s a big deal. Ol’ crazy Kimmy up in NK. He’s just asking to be...
  13. mikehudack reblogged this from caro
  14. skidder reblogged this from caro and added:
    This isn’t true — it was the lead story on Today!
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  17. brieflynoted reblogged this from rocketboom and added:
    major story that should be getting more attention than it is. I’ve been watching...Today...
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