Laura Ling and Euna Lee Sentenced to 12 Years in Labor Camp for “Hostile Acts”

American journalists Laura Ling, the sister of reporter and CNN correspondent Lisa Ling, and Euna Lee were sentenced to 12 years in North Korean labor camps for alleged “hostile acts” against the country.

Ling and Lee were arrested by North Korean military on the Chinese border March 17 while reporting on defectors living along the border. On June 4, they went on trial for their alleged crimes. On Sunday, CNN reported the Korean Central News Agency said the women had been sentenced to 12 years in labor camps “for the grave crime they committed against the Korean nation and their illegal border crossing.”

The United States government is attempting to negotiate with North Korea for Ling and Lee’s release. “We are deeply concerned by the reported sentencing of the two American citizen journalists by North Korean authorities, and we are engaged through all possible channels to secure their release. We once again urge North Korea to grant the immediate release of the two American citizen journalists on humanitarian grounds,” said U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelley in a statement.

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