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Laura Ling and Euna Lee’s Families on Today Show

seonghuhn — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:27:20 +0000

I just saw the moving interview of Laura Ling and Euna Lee’s families on the Today show. It was especially moving seeing Euna Lee’s beautiful four year old daughter who has not seen her mother for three months. Euna’s husband said her daughter knows nothing of Euna Lee’s imprisonment and just thinks Euna is still at work.

The families of two American journalists held captive in North Korea expressed fears for their safety today while pleading for their release.

“We’re terrified,” Lisa Ling, the sister of one of the journalists, said in an exclusive interview on TODAY. “We don’t know what to expect.”

Loved ones ‘terrified’ for captured journalists – TODAY People.

After watching the interview on TV I found it here on the Today show website. I wish I had looked there first, it would have saved me an hour of waiting and watching so many commercials.

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Lisa Ling to Speak out for Laura and Euna

seonghuhn — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:24:47 +0000

Lisa Ling is going to speak out on June 1 to increase public support for her sister, Laura Ling and Euna Lee. They were captured on March 19 by North Korean border soldiers and have been detained since. Their trial is on June 4 and all of us are praying that they will be freed and not used as pawns by the immature and reckless North Korean government.

This is Lisa Ling’s message sent to the Detained in North Korea Facebook group.

Our families have decided to go public. The girls’ trial starts June 4, we must get the message of diplomacy out. We’ll start with the Today Show Mon (June 1) morning, Larry King, Nightline Mon night. Anderson Cooper during the week as the trial begins. Please help us spread the message. Thank you.

Schedule of appearances of Lisa Ling:

Monday June 1st
The Today Show (NBC)
the 7AM block on Monday morning.

Monday June 1st.
Larry King show (CNN)
9pm (EST) l 6pm (PST)

Wednesday, June 3rd
Anderson Cooper

Lisa has also just started a petition of her own. Please take a minute to sign this online. It’s very user friendly and extremely important. A click of the mouse makes all the difference in the world.
**** NEW ON-LINE PETITION GOING TO THE U.N. ****
Please click on the link and sign the petition to help Laura Ling and Euna Lee.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-euna-and-laura

If you are on Facebook, you may keep up to date with activities regarding Laura and Euna on the following group page:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=688331732&ref=profile#/group.php?gid=60755553149&ref=nf

Please pray for Laura Ling and Euna Lee. They were so courageous to attempt to reveal the plight of North Korean refugees. Pray that all of this will be used for God’s glory and not only will Laura and Euna be freed but so will all North Korean refugees.

North Korea Detains U.S. Reporters

seonghuhn — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:23:21 +0000

The repressive regime of North Korea never seizes to amaze in their quest to be the most evil country in the world. On March 19 it was reported that North Korea detained two U.S. reporters.

Two American journalists on a reporting trip to the border between China and North Korea have been detained by the North Korean military, a human rights activist and another source said Thursday.

Laura Ling, a Chinese-American, and Euna Lee, a Korean-American, were believed to have been detained by North Korean border guards on Tuesday morning …

The journalists went to China last week to report on North Korean refugees in northeastern China …

On April 23 it was reported that North Korea had decided to indict the two reporters.

North Korea said Friday that it had decided to indict two American journalists who have been detained for more than five weeks on charges of illegally entering the country and committing “hostile acts.”

It is sad how these journalists are going to be used by the North Korean government as leverage in negotiations with the U.S. government.

North Korean prisons are some of the cruelest in the world. Pray for protection for these two journalists and their quick release.

Gospels by Balloon

seonghuhn — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:51:04 +0000

I am not sure what to think of what Voice of the Martyrs is doing in South Korea. Many years ago VOM opened my eyes to the severe oppression in North Korea when they gave me an autobiography of a North Korean refugee. I know VOM has been sending tracts by balloon over the border to North Korea for many years.

In some ways it is admirable they are doing this, trying to get the gospel across in any way possible to one of the most closed countries in the world. On the other hand the cost for the North Korean recipients is incredibly high. Being found with a tract could result in imprisonment/torture/death. Becoming a Christian is illegal. A person and three generations of his family could be jailed and tortured because a tract could have been found on his property without him even knowing.

I guess VOM’s reasoning is that regardless of the cost the gospel is worth that much, that it is the only way to eternal life. I think they are right but I just wonder if there’s a better way.

Christian activists in South Korea sent hundreds of thousands of gospel tracts over North Korea’s closed border in November using helium-filled balloons. Equipped with a time-release mechanism, each balloon carried 10,000 leaflets that tell the story of a 1907 Christian revival in Pyongyang, and compare Kim Jong-Il to Nebuchadnezzar. The effort is part of a resurgence of balloon launches, used for decades by political and religious groups to send propaganda past the North’s information blackout. Such launches worsened relations between North and South in 2008. In response, North Korea’s government further restricted travel and communication between the two countries.

Gas-Powered Gospels | Christianity Today

Escaping North Korea

seonghuhn — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:48:50 +0000

The Wall Street Journal has an article, Fights and Flight, about two new books about North Korea, Meltdown and Escaping North Korea.

Meltdown sounds like a strong criticism of the current presidency’s policies towards North Korea. This is a criticism I share.

However it is the second book, Escaping North Korea, which I am more interested in. The author Mike Kim is a friend of a friend and founder of Crossing Borders. I’m fascinated by how he chose to live in China for several year specifically to help North Korean refugees. I am hoping he will be in the Bay Area to promote his book.

Update – November 3, 2008
Today I received an email from my local library saying yes to my request to purchase Escaping From North Korea.