Hyundai Group chief heads to North Korea to try to win release of detained SKorean workerSEOUL, South Korea —The chairwoman of South Korea’s Hyundai Group conglomerate headed to Pyongyang on Monday to try to win the release of a detained employee and to discuss restarting joint projects in North Korea. Hyundai Group chief heading to North Korea to try to win release of detained SKorean workerSEOUL, South Korea —The chairwoman of South Korea’s Hyundai Group conglomerate will travel to Pyongyang on Monday to try to win the release of a detained employee and to discuss restarting joint projects in North Korea. Ling’s sister: Reporter touched North Korean soil before being captured, detained for monthsLOS ANGELES — Laura Ling’s sister says the two American journalists briefly touched North Korean soil before they were captured and detained for months in that communist country. ‘Home and free,’ US journalists tearfully reunite with families after N. Korea grants pardonBURBANK, Calif. — After months of being left to live alone in fear and hunger, wondering if they might ever be allowed to return to their families, two American journalists held captive in Korea learned in just a heartbeat that they would be going home. Freed journalists back home in US after Clinton mission to N. Korea wins pardonBURBANK, Calif. — Two American journalists jubilantly reunited with family and friends early Wednesday upon returning to the United States with former President Bill Clinton, whose diplomatic trip to North Korea secured their release nearly five months after their arrests. Journalists return to US after N. Korea grants pardon and Bill Clinton helps win releaseLOS ANGELES — Former President Bill Clinton and two American journalists flew back to the United States on Wednesday for what was expected to be an emotional reunion with family and friends after the reporters spent the last four months detained in North Korea. Clinton, 2 pardoned American journalists heading back to US after departing NKoreaSEOUL, South Korea — Former President Bill Clinton brought two freed U.S. journalists out of North Korea Wednesday following rare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, who pardoned the women sentenced to hard labor for entering the country illegally. N Korea frees american journalists upon Clinton’s request: Full case story
North Korea: Kim Jong Il orders release of 2 American journalists during Bill Clinton visitSEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il issued a “special pardon” freeing two jailed American journalists after talks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, North Korea’s official news agency announced Wednesday. Former President Bill Clinton ‘and party’ depart Pyongyang by plane: state mediaSEOUL, South Korea — North Korean’s official news agency says former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his party have left the country. North Korea says 2 American journalists have been pardonedSEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il issued a “special pardon” freeing two jailed American journalists after talks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, North Korea’s official news agency announced Wednesday. Bill Clinton meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il for ‘wide-ranging’ talks: state mediaSEOUL, South Korea — Former President Bill Clinton met Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the first day of a surprise mission to Pyongyang to negotiate the release of two Americans, holding “exhaustive” talks on a wide range of topics, state-run media said. Biographical details about 2 American reporters held in North KoreaNAME — Laura Ling AGE — 32 Scholar: NKorea wants US show of remorse over detained journalists ‘hostile acts’SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea wants the U.S. to show remorse for the actions of two American journalists convicted of illegally entering the country, and it might free the women if Washington does so, a scholar who visited Pyongyang said Saturday. US hopeful of amnesty to American journalists arrested by North Korea
Scholar: NKorea interested in freeing journalists, but wants US to acknowledge ‘hostile acts’SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea appears “seriously interested” in releasing two convicted American journalists but first wants the United States to acknowledge what Pyongyang sees as their “hostile acts,” a U.S.-based scholar who visited Pyongyang said Saturday. American journalists held in North Korea admit breaking law; ask for pardon in call to USSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The sister of an American journalist sentenced with a co-worker to 12 years in a North Korean labor camp said that they’re seeking a pardon as their only hope for freedom. Sister says detained American journalist acknowledges breaking North Korean lawSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The sister of an American journalist jailed in North Korea says the woman acknowledged breaking North Korean law during a recent phone call. Media firm is quiet about detention of its journalists in North KoreaSAN FRANCISCO — With backing from Al Gore, Current TV was launched four years ago as a mix of traditional journalism and viewer-produced content meant to create an open exchange with its audience. Families of 2 journalists sentenced in North Korea appeal for clemency for themSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The families of two American journalists convicted of crossing into North Korean territory pleaded to that country’s government to let them go. Prison sentence for US reporters in North Korea could mark start of negotiations to free themSEOUL, 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. Families of journalists jailed by North Korea on tense watch for news in CaliforniaCARMICHAEL, Calif. — The father of one of the two American journalists convicted and imprisoned in North Korea said Monday the family won’t comment publicly while the case is developing. North Korea silent about US journalists’ trial amid tensions over regime’s nuclear defianceSEOUL, 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 defianceSEOUL, 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 arrestSEOUL, 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. Detained US journalists face Pyongyang trial amid standoff over NKorea’s nuclear belligerenceSEOUL, South Korea — As global powers debate how to punish North Korea for its nuclear defiance, two American journalists seized nearly three months ago face a trial this week in Pyongyang on charges that could land them in one of the country’s notorious labor camps. ‘Gorgeous’ Jhumpa Lahiri among ‘thinking man’s sex symbols’NEW YORK - Indian origin author Jhumpa Lahiri, with her ‘hypnotic eyes’, has been named among the top 10 ’sex symobls of the thinking man’ for 2008, which put Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic in the number one slot. |
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SEOUL, South Korea — Former President Bill Clinton brought two freed U.S. journalists out of North Korea early Wednesday following rare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, who pardoned the women sentenced to hard labor for entering the country illegally.
NEW YORK - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hopeful that two American journalists detained by North Korea on charges of illegally entering the country will be granted amnesty.
