SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's state news agency says former U.S. President Bill Clinton has arrived in Pyongyang, following reports that he's headed there to win the release of two detained American journalists.
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Just wanted to share this story here on Kos. This is incredibly brave and noble and high time someone stepped up to the plate for these two women. I want to wish him godspeed.
On March 17, 2009, Laura and Euna were shooting video along the China/North Korea border for a story they were working on about the trafficking of women in the region. They were stopped by North Korean border guards and arrested immediately thereafter. Both women were transported to Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, where they remained under arrest until their trial.
A verdict in their closed trial was reached on June 8, and both Laura and Euna were sentenced to 12 years of reform through labor for illegal entry and grave crimes against the North Korean state.
You can sign a petition for their release here:
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