Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) IFES Forum No. 09-8-18-1 Choi Eun-suk, Research Professor, IFES, Kyungnam University 8/18/2009 Detention of U.S. Journalists Korean-American Euna Lee (Lee Seung-eun) and Chinese-American Laura Ling, reporters for the U.S.-based Current TV, were detained by North Korean soldiers on March 17, 2009 while near the Tuman River border between North … Continue reading The trial of US journalists and North Korean criminal law