JURIST (Free subscription) | 29/12/2009
[JURIST] The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) confirmed Tuesday that police have detained a US citizen for illegally entering North Korea. The KCNA did not disclose the identity of the individual, but it is suspected to be US-Korean rights activist Robert Park. A spokesperson for Pax Koreana, a rights group associated with Park, said that he entered North Korea to protests its human rights...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 29/12/2009
A man believed to be 28-year-old Christian missionary Robert Park was recently captured by North Korean police after having crossed the border into the country from neighboring South Korea. Park, from Arizona, was apparently hoping to call attention to the regime's human-rights abuses. According to the communist Korean Central News Agency, he crossed the frozen Tumen River along the border —...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/12/2009
Christian missionary Robert Park is said to have entered communist country on Christmas Day North Korea has announced the arrest of an American accused of sneaking into the communist country to draw attention to its human rights situation. An unnamed American was being investigated after "illegally entering" the country through the North Korea-China border last Thursday, North Korea's official...
ROK Drop (Free subscription) | 29/12/2009
I doubt the soldiers that caught Robert Park will get the same reward: North Korea commended two soldiers for detaining a pair of journalists from the United States in March along the border with China, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported Thursday. The journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, were sentenced to [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 25/12/2009
A state television program said Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s leader, had given them an award for seizing Laura Ling and Euna Lee and had also granted them special leave.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 24/12/2009
North Korea has commended two soldiers who apprehended a pair of U.S. journalists earlier this year along the country's border with China, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Thursday. Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, captured in March while... North Korea - Laura Ling - Euna Lee - United States - Yonhap
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/12/2009
Personal letter from US president seeks to persuade North Korean leader to return to nuclear disarmament talks Barack Obama has sent a letter to North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il to persuade him to return to nuclear disarmament talks. The US president's special envoy, Stephen Bosworth, delivered the letter while visiting Pyongyang last week for three days of discussions with officials. Obama hopes...
Asterpix Interactive Video (Free subscription) | 03/12/2009
Criss-crossing America to uncover some of the trend lines in war-fighting technology, Kaj Larsen investigates the issue of remote control warfare. Author: asterbot88 Keywords: journalism, vanguard, investigate, world, issues, reporting, award-winning, groundbreaking, international, Laura, Ling, Christof, Putzel, Kaj, Larsen, Mariana, van, Zeller, Darren, Foster, Adam, Yamaguchi, Mitch, Koss, Current,...
Asterpix Interactive Video (Free subscription) | 03/12/2009
Jim Thomas, Vice President for Studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discusses the procurement process and the importance of boots on the ground. Author: asterbot88 Keywords: journalism, vanguard, investigate, world, issues, reporting, award-winning, groundbreaking, international, Laura, Ling, Christof, Putzel, Kaj, Larsen, Mariana, van, Zeller, Darren, Foster, Adam, Yamaguchi,...
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Happy Thanksgiving! Hopefully you brushed up on your health care talking points with yesterday's post and you feel well equipped to debate the pros and cons of the Affordable Health Care Act. Today, however, I am going to list ten things that every feminist can be thankful for based on what has happened so far in 2009. While every day there are setbacks and difficulties in achieving gender equality,...
Girl With a Satchel (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Warning: this blog post contains unashamed use of sycophancy. Because this issue of Glamour is pure magazine magic . And not just because I'm featured on page 198. Though that does help the cause (see point #10). Leaving aside Rihanna's revelations about becoming the unwitting poster girl for domestic violence, Michelle Obama's sound dating advice , five assorted covers (ooh, it's like Christmas!)...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Imprisoned journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were freed from North Korea's clutches in August. One week later, Ling—the more telegenic one, with the famous sister—was shopping a book....
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Euna Lee and Laura Ling continue to go their separate ways. Today in New York, Broadway Books confirmed it has a deal for Lee's account of the Los Angeles journalists'...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Current TV correspondent Euna Lee, who with her colleague Laura Ling was captured by North Korea and sentenced to 12 years hard labor before being freed, is writing her memoir of the experience for the Broadway Books imprint of Random House. She rec...
Movie City Indie (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The International Documentary Association Announces Nominees for The 2009 IDA Awards Laura Ling and Euna Lee to Present Tribute to Courage Under Fire at the 25th Anniversary of the IDA Awards LOS ANGELES, November 12, 2009– The nominees for the International Documentary Association’s 2009 IDA Documentary Awards competition were announced today, including many of the year’s most buzzed-about...
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