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N. Korea Sentences 2 U.S. Journalists to 12 Years of Hard Labor

Two American journalists have been sentenced to 12 years of labor in North Korea after being arrested while reporting on North Korean refugees in China. It is unclear whether the two women were detained after crossing over the North Korean border or if North Korean guards crossed onto Chinese territory to capture them. From the New York Times: The Central Court, the highest court of North Korea, h