Journalists Sentenced in Korea - GoFuckYourself.com

PSSuperstars · 06-07-2009, 11:12 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525362,00.html

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SEOUL, South Korea ? North Korea's top court has convicted two U.S. journalists, and sentenced them to 12 years in labor prison, the country's state news agency reported Monday.

The Central Court tried American TV reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee and confirmed their unspecified "grave crime" against the nation, and of illegally crossing into North Korea, the Korean Central News Agency said.

It said the court ? which tried the women from June 4 to 8 ? "sentenced each of them to 12 years of reform through labor." The report gave no other details.

The U.S. Embassy in Seoul said it had no immediate comment.

The circumstances surrounding the trial of the two journalists and their arrest three months ago on the China-North Korean border have been shrouded in secrecy, as is typical of the reclusive nation.

There were fears that the two women would be used by Pyongyang as bargaining chips in its standoff with South Korea and the United States, which are pushing for U.N. sanctions to punish the nation for its latest nuclear blast and barrage of missile tests.

The journalists ? working for former Vice President Al Gore's California-based Current TV ? were arrested March 17 as they were reporting about the trafficking of women. It's unclear if they strayed into the North or were grabbed by aggressive border guards who crossed into China.

Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider did not have an immediate response to the sentencing.

The women cannot appeal as they were tried in North Korea's highest court where decisions are final.

The sentences are much harsher than what many observers had hoped for. The trial was not open to the public or to foreign observers..

Wow.
I wonder if they will get them out...

hjnet · 06-07-2009, 11:24 PM

Ouch, I guess some North Korean Gulag is the last place I'd like to spend my life...

pamon · 06-07-2009, 11:58 PM

gee... 2 journalists wander into north korea, get caught, and we are supposed to feel sorry about it? i'm sorry... it's north korea... not mexico... shouldn't have been there

DWB · 06-08-2009, 01:47 AM

That is horrible.

If the USA does not get them out, then shame on America.

BTW, from what I understand, they were ON the border, not actually IN North Korea.

Thurbs · 06-08-2009, 02:06 AM

title should say N. Korea .. no reason to drage S. Korea through the mud =p

Mr.Right - Banned For Life · 06-08-2009, 02:15 AM

Do you think they've been raped yet?

PSSuperstars · 06-08-2009, 02:27 AM

Yeah it says on the board.. and possibly seized by guards...

This gives them some bargaining with us... whereas before I think Obama would've just said go fuck yourself.

seeandsee · 06-08-2009, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by hjnet

Ouch, I guess some North Korean Gulag is the last place I'd like to spend my life...

fuck, their lives are finished

Take2Hosting · 06-08-2009, 03:46 AM

How involved do you think Al Gore is in lobbying to get the current administration to engage North Korean to secure their release?

Rather than bow and let North Korea use them as bargaining chips, perhaps Obama should use them and their situation to lobby for even tighter sanctions. Make that move backfire on N. Korea.

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hjnet Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: European Union Posts: 3,815	Ouch, I guess some North Korean Gulag is the last place I'd like to spend my life...

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DWB Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Encrypted. Access denied. Posts: 31,779	That is horrible. If the USA does not get them out, then shame on America. BTW, from what I understand, they were ON the border, not actually IN North Korea.

06-08-2009, 02:06 AM	#5
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06-08-2009, 02:15 AM	#6
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