Journalists Laura Ling And Euna
Lee Break Silence On North
Korea Capture, Release
LISA LEFF and HYUNG-JIN KIM 09/ 2/09 04:37 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO — Two American television reporters imprisoned in North Korea for
months say communist soldiers "violently dragged" them back when they
returned to Chinese soil after briefly crossing into the reclusive country.
In an article posted Tuesday on Current TV's Web site, Laura Ling and Euna Lee said they hesitantly followed their guide when he beckoned
them across a frozen river into the North and were "firmly back" on
the Chinese side when North Korean border guards grabbed them on March 17.
"We tried with all our might
to cling to bushes, ground, anything that would keep us on Chinese soil, but we
were no match for the determined soldiers," the journalists wrote in their
most thorough account of the circumstances of their arrest. "They
violently dragged us back across the ice to North Korea
and marched us to a nearby army base, where we were detained."
At the time of their arrest, the
two were reporting a story for San Francisco-based Current TV about North
Korean women who were forced into the sex trade or arranged marriages when they
defected to China.
After their capture, Lee and Ling were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for
trespassing and "hostile acts" against North Korea.
The women were moved to a Pyongyang guesthouse and held there until the North
pardoned them in early August after a landmark trip to Pyongyang by former President Bill Clinton.
2009 humanitarian mission to North Korea
Laura
Ling was freed as result of the 2009
humanitarian mission to North Korea,
William J. Clinton negotiated her release
from North Korea, and is a journalist with Current
TV.
Note: Euna Lee was freed as
result of the 2009 humanitarian mission
to North Korea, William J. Clinton negotiated her release
from North Korea, and a journalist with Current
TV.
Current
TV is a division of Current Media,
LLC.
Albert
A. Gore Jr. is a co-founder & chairman for Current Media, LLC, the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, and a member of the Clinton Global Initiative.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Climate Reality Project, the Center
for American Progress, the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and the Natural
Resources Defense Council.
George
Soros is the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a member of
the Clinton Global Initiative, was a
supporter for the Center for American
Progress, and a contributor for the American
Bridge 21st Century.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank), and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
John
D. Podesta is the chair & counselor for the Center for American Progress, was a member of team for the 2009 humanitarian mission to North Korea,
and a temporary CEO for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Stephen
L. Bing provided the plane for the 2009
humanitarian mission to North
Korea, a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton
Foundation, and a contributor for the American
Bridge 21st Century.
Melody
C. Barnes was the EVP for the Center
for American Progress, the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, and is Barack Obama’s golf partner.
Ezekiel Emanuel
is a senior fellow at the Center for
American Progress, Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and was the health care policy adviser
for the Barack Obama administration.
Rahm
I. Emanuel is Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother,
a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
was the White House chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration, and the finance director for the 1992 Bill Clinton presidential campaign.
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Members Directory
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members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
Roger
A. Band is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,
and was a member of team for the 2009
humanitarian mission to North
Korea.
James L. Jones
Jr. was the Obama administration liaison for the 2009 humanitarian mission to North Korea,
the national security adviser for the Barack
Obama administration, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank).
William J. Clinton
led the team for the 2009 humanitarian
mission to North Korea, negotiated Laura
Ling & Euna Lee’s release
from North Korea, is the founding
chairman for the Clinton Global
Initiative, and the founder of the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Kim
Jong Un is the leader of North Korea,
and met with Dennis Rodman in 2013.
Dennis
Rodman met with Kim Jong Un in
2013, and was a player for the Chicago
Bulls.
Henry
Crown and Company is an investor for the Chicago Bulls.
James
S. Crown is the president for Henry
Crown and Company, a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago, and
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Lester
Crown is the chairman for Henry
Crown and Company, a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago, and
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Susan
Crown is the VP for Henry Crown and Company, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a
trustee at the Natural Resources Defense
Council.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
George
Soros is the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank).
James L. Jones
Jr. is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), was the national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and the
Obama administration liaison for the 2009
humanitarian mission to North
Korea.
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