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Euna Lee and Laura Ling The Aftermath

 
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Keepongoing



Joined: 13 Feb 2003
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:17 am    Post subject: Euna Lee and Laura Ling The Aftermath Reply with quote

Ny Times article that says they are under a lot of criticism. It all seems so unfortunate. Hope the refugees and children will make it through

I am grateful that Lee and Ling were released



http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/world/asia/22journalists.html?_r=2&partner=TOPIXNEWS&ei=5099
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crescent



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I guess S.Koreans have forgotten about that group of fanatical christians who were chanting, singing and handing out religious pamphlets all over Muslim Afghanistan in the heat of war.

Didn't the government pay millions for their release, and promote a precedent to terroists?
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Konglishman



Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing

PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

crescent wrote:
I guess S.Koreans have forgotten about that group of fanatical christians who were chanting, singing and handing out religious pamphlets all over Muslim Afghanistan in the heat of war.

Didn't the government pay millions for their release, and promote a precedent to terroists?


I am not sure if that they ended up being criticized on the same level as these two women, but I do remember my Korean friends saying those Korean missionaries were very foolish.

Frankly, I am suspicious myself of how Lee and Ling ended up in North Korea. Was it accidental? Or was it done on purpose?
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pkang0202



Joined: 09 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The 2 girls are freaking idiots. You know on camera you have one of them picking up a rock in North Korea and bragging about how its a North Korean rock and how they are going to take it back home.

They knew full well what they were doing. Its not like they got lost and accidentally crossed over to North Korea. They purposely and deliberately entered that country. They got caught and Bill had to go to NoKo and set them free.
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Konglishman



Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing

PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

pkang0202 wrote:
The 2 girls are freaking idiots. You know on camera you have one of them picking up a rock in North Korea and bragging about how its a North Korean rock and how they are going to take it back home.

They knew full well what they were doing. Its not like they got lost and accidentally crossed over to North Korea. They purposely and deliberately entered that country. They got caught and Bill had to go to NoKo and set them free.


If that is true, then that would obviously confirm my suspicions of them having gone to North Korea to make their story more sensational. So, if you don't mind, I would to know were this information is cited.
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On the other hand



Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue

PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Lisa Ling: Sister Trespassed into Enemy Territory


http://tinyurl.com/kt994c
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E_athlete



Joined: 09 Jun 2009
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

am I crazy or does the whole thing seem like a set up?
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