North Korea says convicted US journalists guilty of plotting anti-North ’smear campaign’

SEOUL, South Korea — Two American journalists sentenced by North Korea last week to 12 years of hard labor were caught shooting video for what the North said was a politically motivated “smear campaign,” state-run media said Tuesday. The reporting team from Current TV crossed the frozen Tumen River dividing North Korea and China three months ago and walked up the river bank — and then recorded their transgression, the official Korean Central News Agency said.

North Korea says 2 convicted US journalists guilty of plotting anti-North ’smear campaign’

SEOUL, South Korea — Two American journalists sentenced by North Korea last week to 12 years of hard labor were caught shooting video for what the North said was a politically motivated “smear campaign,” state-run media said Tuesday.

North Korea says 2 US journalists filmed illegal crossing, admitted criminal acts

SEOUL, South Korea — Two American journalists sentenced by North Korea last week to 12 years of hard labor for politically motivated acts were caught filming their illegal crossing into the country, state-run media said Tuesday, providing the first details of their arrest.

Report: 2 US journalists sentenced to hard labor arrested on North Korean soil

SEOUL, South Korea — Two American journalists sentenced in Pyongyang last week to 12 years’ hard labor were detained in North Korean territory after crossing into the country illegally, state-run media said Tuesday, providing the first details about the circumstances of their arrest.

Report: 2 US journalists admit entering NKorea illegally and ‘accepted’ 12-year sentence

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s state-run news agency says that two American journalists sentenced last week to 12 years of labor admitted they crossed into the country illegally.

US journalists won’t see harsh side of North Korean gulag, experts say

SEOUL, South Korea — Prisoners spend long days toiling in rice paddies and factories. Survivors say beatings are frequent, hunger is constant and clothing scarce in the freezing winter.

Families of US journalists jailed in North Korea plead for compassion, clemency

SEOUL, South Korea — The families of two American journalists sentenced to 12 years in a North Korean labor prison urged its hard-line government to grant them clemency, amid hopes the U.S. government would send an envoy to negotiate their release.

Prison sentence for US reporters in North Korea could mark start of negotiations to free them

SEOUL, South Korea — The sentencing of two American journalists to 12 years in a North Korean labor prison sets the stage for possible negotiations with the reclusive nation for their release — perhaps involving an envoy from the United States.

State media says NKorea convicts 2 US journalists, sentences them to 12 years in labor prison

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s top court convicted two American journalists and sentenced them to 12 years in a prison Monday, intensifying the reclusive nation’s confrontation with the United States.

North Korea silent about legal fate of US journalists accused of ‘hostile acts’

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea announced that two U.S. journalists were about to go on trial — then came the mysterious silence.

North Korea silent about US journalists’ trial amid tensions over regime’s nuclear defiance

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea stayed silent Friday about the fate of two U.S. journalists who were supposed to go on trial a day earlier on charges they entered the country illegally and engaged in “hostile acts” — allegations that could draw a 10-year sentence in a labor camp.

2 US journalists on trial in Pyongyang amid tensions over North Korea’s nuclear defiance

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s top court began hearing the case Thursday of two American journalists accused of crossing into the country illegally and engaging in “hostile acts” — charges that could draw a 10-year sentence in a labor camp.

US journalist jailed in NKorea tells family she ‘cried so much’ after arrest

SEOUL, South Korea — For weeks after North Korean guards seized Laura Ling and Euna Lee near the border with China and spirited the American journalists to Pyongyang on criminal charges, their families waited quietly for news about them.

NKorea says detained US journalists will stand trial on June 4

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Thursday that two U.S. journalists arrested in the communist nation near its border with China two months ago will be put on trial on June 4.