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Ling Speaks to Sister Held in North Korea

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(July 9) -- After weeks of silence, the sister of one of the two American journalists imprisoned in North Korea finally got a phone call.
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2009-07-09 10:26:03

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ClRought

05:33 PMJul 18 2009

America we are being cooked alive & don't even know it !The truth is not in what is said it is what is not told. We are being cooked like frogs.Does anyone know howto cook a frog? You can not put them in to very hotwater. Or they will jump out.Put them in cold water& their bodies will adjust to temperatures of water.Then turn it up very slowly they will stay in until theyare cooked to death. The same way with our rightsif they are taken away all at once we will stand up.If our rights are taken slowly we will lose them allbecause we do not see them taken away ! Plus whenone losses their rights as American's our rights are nextin line." Like the people who these women are trying tostand up for ! " Why do you think we have all the wars& our men & women have given or died in? Because theylove us America not war. I know people who have gone towar & I have heard their stories have you?

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ClRought

05:13 PMJul 18 2009

They have brooken no laws ! North Korea just does not wantothers to know about their abuse. So to cover it up they blamethese women with false charges. thank God for women &men who are willing to stand up & speak up for others inneed of help like the people who are being abused inNorth Korea & every were like them ! These women didnot come in illegally they are lying. May God help themone day we will need people like them to help Americasoon. Laws are broken here in America everydaythrough our court system,our schools,our freedom ofspeach,our rights as Americans. Our country isbecoming more & more like them everyday ! " America do We want to be a country were weare willing to die & leave our family's to get out ofit??????????????????????????????????????? "

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Danos66stang

12:52 AMJul 14 2009

Those 2 "reporters" knowingly broke into a country and got caught.Why should we care about them, they BROKE the law and now they have to serve what N.K. laws says should happen to them. THEY GOT WHATS COMING TO THEM. The USA should learn from North Korea on how to serve JUSTICE when laws are broken.

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CLKneeland

04:21 PMJul 13 2009

You know if it wasn't for those like Lisa Ling and her sister, we would not know or be able to help those trapped there. If you have children you may understand that seeing kids being ignored, abandoned and left to feed off the crumbs on the street is pathetic. To see these young girls sold as prostitutes at an age of 9 and up is unbelievable. You may not care about these people, but Lisa and her sister do and Thank GOD for people like them because under the rule of KIm, they have no chance. I wouldn't treat anyone that way and I love how most of you sit in judgement over what you think they should NOT do, not what they can do or what they risk their lives for but what the are doing. You know what, I bet all you asses on here that say negative comments wouldn't have the balls to help someone in this situation so you say **** them, they are stupid, they deserve it but if it was your child, your sister, your brother, you ass would be there trying to help get them out so why don't yo...

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CLKneeland

04:14 PMJul 13 2009

You know if it wasn't for those like Lisa Ling and her sister, we would not know or be able to help those trapped there. If you have children you may understand that seeing kids being ignored, abandoned and left to feed off the crumbs on the street is pathetic. To see these young girls sold as prostitutes at an age of 9 and up is unbelievable. You may not care about these people, but Lisa and her sister do and Thank GOD for people like them because under the rule of KIm, they have no chance. I wouldn't treat anyone that way and I love how most of you sit in judgement over what you think they should NOT do, not what they can do or what they risk their lives for but what the are doing. You know what, I bet all you asses on here that say negative comments wouldn't have the balls to help someone in this situation so you say **** them, they are stupid, they deserve it but if it was your child, your sister, your brother, you ass would be there trying to help get them out so why don't yo...

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CLKneeland

04:13 PMJul 13 2009

PEOPLE!!! I have read through these comments and you know most of you have absolutely no idea what you are speaking about and I will assume that most of you voted for Obama right? Ya, the same man who has all his members as Czar's that can only speak to him and the same man whose 100 days in office has been about the fuckin dog they were going to buy for there girls.

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nilpojsinaj

01:22 PMJul 13 2009

Let me see. Two women are in NK. against their will. We stop all negotiations with Nk. They suffer, NK. and the women. We pay all U.S. illegals money to travel by boat to flood Nk. The Nkoreans freak out! Too many babies, bad mexican food, sleazy night clubs. Suddenly, NK economy gets a boost! Cheap labor! Happy public! Nkoreans release the two pregnant reporters. Two kids grow up under the NK spy umbrella. Nkoreans demand the return of their two kids as North Koreans. They flood our country with illegal North Koreans. Ooops, already there.

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Majikthyse02

11:26 AMJul 13 2009

These journalists broke the law. Why does anyone think that the USA should do anything? Should they not pay for their crimes? Are we a lawless nation, ourselves? If someone came to our country, and broke one of our laws, would we not punish them? SHOULD we not punish them? These people knew and ADMIT, that they broke the law of that country! Do we, as Americans, disregard others opinions because they are not the same as ours? Do we not, as Americans, hold that everyone has a right to their own beliefs? These journalists were not tricked or coerced, in any way to do what they did. They CHOSE to break the law of the land. NOW they simply choose not to pay for their crime! And they choose to lay their crime at the door of the USA and say..."fix this for me", "my mistake is now your problem, not mine".Certainly I wish for their safety, and that they are treated fairly and humanely. But if I had my wish they would not have gone there in the first place!

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mixem09

09:29 AMJul 13 2009

These young ladies are where they want to be.This country/government has made their case up front.The citizens know what to and not too do.Why are we as US citizens always concerned with the conditions of others.When in fact this country is constantly in turmoil.Since the hurricanes our family has been in turmoil.We have been the witness of literally seeing people take better care dogs and dolphins than our fellow humans.

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XIAOMUDAN1

07:19 AMJul 13 2009

ask our president ,please help Laura and Euna,North is holding them for some kind of negociation,it's time for us to face North Korea, I think I can help, I grow up on the border of North Korea and China, I know all the feeling and tension there, so many North Korean woman risk their life fled to China for food ,that;s the story what Laura and Euna try to cover,that's why The North captured them, help the North Korean hungry people, help take down the North Korean government, help North and South Korea peace talk, South Korea act very poor on this issue,North Korean are their brothers and sisters, they should act more humanly to them,South is acting like they have no feelings towards the North, that's what make everything getting worse,nobody wins in this situation,including North,South,America,the poor North Korean people,Laura and Euna, they are the finest reporter in the world to uncover the refugee situation of North Korea,they are my heros, I want thank them,and want to save them,...

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Lisa Ling spoke with her sister, imprisoned reporter Laura Ling, for the first time in weeks Tuesday night. In an interview, Ling, seen here at a June vigil, said her sister called her and reiterated the need for U.S. and North Korean government cooperation in securing the release of Laura and fellow reporter Euna Lee from North Korean detention.