SFist: San Francisco Journalists Detained in North Korea

wsanders

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:32:14 -0800

They seem to be a cut above your normal "citizen journalist", who would no doubt be complaining, "I told the police officer to fuck off just like I do when I'm in San Francisco, next thing you know I'm being tortured!"

lola la trailera

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:37:31 -0800

Laura Ling is amazing. and so is the rest of the Vanguard series/team. I enjoy them plenty. Hope they are safe and free soon- One of the only professional aspects of currentTV (tell Al Gore those two LA'd out jock messy stoner guys just gotta go bye-bye, what a F*ing joke they are...)

fizzandpop

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:06:13 -0800

People will do anything to avoid doing their taxes. I can see right through this whole "I was abducted by the North Koreans" story.

KWillets

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:05:14 -0800

"Detained" is journalism-speak for "abducted". Let's hope the administration will at least acknowledge the incident, unlike this one: http://freekorea.us/2008/06/28/another-lie-from-christopher-hill/

fsharp

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:19:53 -0800

It looks like they might have been trying to sneak into North Korea? The Tumen is the river used as an escape route out of North Korea into China, and for smuggling goods back into NK. Let's hope the Chinese help us out in this case. This is going to be a big story.

billywags

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:45:46 -0800

I hope they get out soon. I secretly am also looking forward to the absurd hilarity that is sure to ensue before that happens. North Korea is so much fun.