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U.S. Journalists Pardoned by North Korea Following Visit from Former President Bill Clinton
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two American journalists who have spent the last five months detained in a North Korean prison, have been granted a special pardon by Kim Jong-il following a surprise visit by former U.S. President Bill Clinton...
According to the North Korean News Agency “Kim Jong-il issued an order... granting a special pardon to the two American journalists who had been sentenced to hard labor.”