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June 4 trial date for American journalists in North Korea
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, both reporters for Current TV, will be tried in a North Korean court on June 4, 2009 for entering the country illegally and planning "hostile acts." Ling and Lee were picked up along North Korea's border with China on March 17, 2009
Anybody want to guess how this one will end?
According to reports by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), which is controlled by the state, the two reporters have been allowed contact with a consulate. Since the United States does not maintain diplomatic relations with the reclusive Communist state, they met with a representative from the Swedish embassy. Sweden plays the consular role for visitors (willing or otherwise) from many western countries.
What's missing is a clear description of the charges. It is unclear what the reporters were doing. This will make it difficult to bring the affair to a conclusion.
Though it's speculation at this point, the charges could carry prison terms of up to two years.
Filed under: Asia, North Korea, News, Infiltrating North Korea
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bill Jun 10th 2009 11:39PM
Let those two stupid bitches stay there. I was a soldier in South Korea in 1988-89.
They knew where they were and what they were doing. Why should we negotiate for their release let them stay. The US government should just take them off the grid and act like they never existed.