President Clinton in North Korea

President Clinton arrived in North Korea’s capital Pyongyang today 8/4/09 to negotiate the release of two captured American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. Ling and Lee are journalists for Al Gore’s new news channel called Current TV. They were around the border of China and North Korea when they were captured. North Korea claimed they were crossing borders and were captured then sentenced to 12 years hard labor in one of N. Korea’s “gulag” prisons.

Here is a picture of the two women captured:

The importance of this is that these women have been detained since March and there is finally someone going there and fighting for these girl’s freedom.

Here are some more photos of President Clinton’s trip:

Tags: Bill Clinton, Euna Lee, Kim Jong Ill, Laura Ling, North Korea, President Clinton, Pyongyang

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