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U.S. Journalists Sentenced To 12 Years Hard Labor In N. Korea

Carollyn Nguyen |
June 4, 2009 | 6:58 p.m. PDT

Staff Reporter
On Thursday family, friends and supporters gathered in Santa Monica, Calif. for a candlelight vigil to support journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee on the eve of their trial in Pyongyang, North Korea, for committing "hostile acts" against the country. The trial was expected to be short and it was, ending Monday with the two journalists, ages 32 and 36, sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. Learn more about North Korea's labor camp system here.


 

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