N. Korea sentences two U.S. reporters to 12 years in labor camp

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Monday that two U.S. journalists
detained at the border with China in March were sentenced to 12 years in labor
camps for illegally entering the country.
The Central Court, North Korea's top court in Pyongyang, "staged a trial of
American journalists Laura Ling and Seung-eun Lee from June 4 to 8," the Korean
Central News Agency said.
"The trial confirmed the grave crime they committed against the Korean nation and
their illegal border crossing as they had already been indicted and sentenced
each of them to 12 years of reform through labor," the report said.
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