Comments on: U.S. journalists sentenced to 12 years ‘reform through labor’ in North Korea

By: Austin Morgan

Austin Morgan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:20:03 +0000

One of the final acts of the George W Bush Administration was to pursue extradition proceedings in Ireland against Sean Garland a 75 year old Irish citizen accused of being involved in distributing forged US money alledgedly produced in North Korea. As a life-long opponent of US foreign policy he has little chance of a fair trial in the US. In properly arguing for clemency for Lee and Ling Americans should be aware of this politically motivated case.

By: Academy of Art University

Academy of Art University — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:14:22 +0000

Euna Lee is a 2001 graduate of the Academy of Art University. We have compiled an online petition to call for the immediate release of Euna Lee and Laura Ling. Please join us by adding your name: http://www.academyart.edu/petition

By: Kennetta Slavin

Kennetta Slavin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:15:51 +0000

Please pray with me that Korea will be accepting to the idea of talking about this incident and be willing to release the girls. God does hear and answere prayers and this is a time when only the power of God can get them free.
Please do everything you can to assist in their release.
Thank you

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:04:21 +0000

It is quite sad what has happened to these two journalist. But in all honesty, do we really know what had happened? Your blog regarding this issue is quite hard to handle. You write all this without knowing any facts and the whole article is based on speculations. Maybe you should do your research before making such comments. I hope that the journalists are released as well if they were innocent. And if they committed a small crime (such as crossing the boarder without consent), I don’t think they should be jailed for 12 years either. Most likely, they probably didn’t commit any heinous crime. But we don’t know that for certain without getting the facts. More importantly than their certain release, I would like to know what truly transpired instead of pointing fingers.