Tweet Release: Timeline of @LiberateLaura
As exuberance following the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee from North Korea rules the trending topics on Twitter, I asked Richard Horgan for a statement on his e-activism through @LiberateLaura.
As exuberance following the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee from North Korea rules the trending topics on Twitter, I asked Richard Horgan for a statement on his e-activism through @LiberateLaura.
AP | JAE-SOON CHANG | Posted 09.03.2009 | World
SEOUL, South Korea — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made a surprise trip to North Korea on Tuesday amid an international standoff over the c...
Gotham Chopra | Posted 08.26.2009 | World
These days, I can't get too happy because deeply rooted in my consciousness is an agonizing despair over the unresolved fate of my friend Laura Ling and her colleague Euna Lee in North Korea.
Washington Post | Posted 08.20.2009 | World
Images and accounts of the North Korean gulag become sharper, more harrowing and more accessible with each passing year....
Dave Maass | Posted 08.18.2009 | Media
I wanted to ascertain to what extent taxpayer resources were used to facilitate media appearances on non-New Mexican issues.
Mallika Chopra | Posted 08.14.2009 | World
Sitting in captivity halfway around the world, a mom is still a mom -- cordinating schedules, thinking about what's best for her child, and worrying that her husband will forget something!
AP | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea might release two convicted American journalists if the United States offers a gesture such as an official apol...
Mallika Chopra | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics
It has been 114 days since Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained in North Korea. 114 days of captivity in a foreign land, with almost no exposure to family or information.
CNN | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media
Lisa Ling received an unexpected call and got "tremendous relief" when her sister Laura - who has been detained in North Korea - was on the line Tuesd...
Gotham Chopra | Posted 08.05.2009 | Entertainment
If indeed Kim Jong Il ever was a fan of Michael Jackson, his pardoning of Laura Ling and Euna Lee and sending them home to their families would be a profound act of compassion, a true tribute to a man whose death has left the entire world in mourning.
Business Insider | Nicholas Carlson|Jun. 18, 2009, 8:08 AM| | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media
Ling and Lee aren't the only Web journalist stuck in that type of foreign jail right now. Of the 125 journalists jailed worldwide, the Committee to P...
cnn.com | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
Family members of two U.S. journalists imprisoned in North Korea said they are worried about the women's well-being and are pleading for their release...
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
Josh Wolf was willing to spend 226 days in jail for his story. We visit him in San Francisco to talk to him about why reporters put themselves in dangerous situations.
AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 07.17.2009 | World
SEOUL, South Korea — One video recorder, six tapes, a digital camera and a stone: North Korea laid out its evidence against two American journal...
Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 07.15.2009 | New York
The detention, conviction, and murder of journalists has reached almost epidemic proportions -- and rarely makes the front page.
Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.12.2009 | World
Let's keep the following points in mind as we begin a conversation with the North Korean government for their return.
CPJ Blog | Posted 07.11.2009 | World
Roxana Saberi, who was imprisoned in Iran for nearly four months, offers her thoughts on the detentions of U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.10.2009 | World
President Obama is considering sending former Vice President Al Gore to North Korea to negotiate the release of two American journalists from Current ...
AP | WILLIAM FOREMAN | Posted 07.10.2009 | World
SEOUL, South Korea — Prisoners spend long days toiling in rice paddies and factories. Survivors say beatings are frequent, hunger is constant an...
Gotham Chopra | Posted 07.09.2009 | World
President Obama has made clear his steadfast belief that smart diplomacy can be a panacea for almost all problems facing nations around the planet. It now appears his covenant will be tested.
Farai Chideya | Posted 07.09.2009 | World
Of all the questions that come to mind when looking at the case of Lee, Ling, and North Korea, the one troubling most people I know is: What do I do?
Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
The next time you see a Republican defend torture or Guantanamo, think of what is going on in North Korea now and what Lakhdar Boumediene went through.
Los Angeles Times | John M. Glionna | Posted 07.09.2009 | World
Reporting from Seoul -- If North Korea carries out its controversial court verdict, two American TV journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard labor Mo...
BBC NEWS | Posted 07.09.2009 | World
US President Barack Obama has said he is "deeply concerned" by North Korea's reported sentencing of two US journalists to 12 years' hard labour....
AP | WILLIAM FOREMAN and MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.08.2009 | Media
SEOUL, South Korea — The sentencing of two American journalists to 12 years' hard labor in North Korea sets the stage for possible negotiations ...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics