Last week I blogged about North American women journalists who display a certain naivety (or stupidity), about owning a western passport and who appear to believe to that this makes them safe no matter what they do.
And now, a week later, there are headlines about two US women 'facing North Korea trial' for allegedly illegally crossed the North Korean border from China.
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And now, a week later, there are headlines about two US women 'facing North Korea trial' for allegedly illegally crossed the North Korean border from China.
I am wondering if some of these 'westernised' women are too stupid to be allowed into dangerous jobs?
How many male journalists, would think that their passport offered anything more than a fig leaf of protection against the regimes and terror groups operating around the world? I venture to say none.
Who in their right mind would cross the North Korean borders? No one truly sane.
Get a grip ladies, or we will have to hand you your bras back.
Oh, and the US Iranian is now apparently on hunger strike.
Update:
On June 8, North Korean media reported that the two reporters, Korean American Euna Lee and Chinese American Laura Ling, had been found guilty of illegal entry and subsequently sentenced to twelve years of hard labour. But on August 4, 2009, ex-President Bill Clinton flew to North Korea and the two were pardoned when Kim Jong Il issued an order granting a special pardon to the two American journalists who had been sentenced to hard labour.
How many male journalists, would think that their passport offered anything more than a fig leaf of protection against the regimes and terror groups operating around the world? I venture to say none.
Who in their right mind would cross the North Korean borders? No one truly sane.
Get a grip ladies, or we will have to hand you your bras back.
Oh, and the US Iranian is now apparently on hunger strike.
Update:
On June 8, North Korean media reported that the two reporters, Korean American Euna Lee and Chinese American Laura Ling, had been found guilty of illegal entry and subsequently sentenced to twelve years of hard labour. But on August 4, 2009, ex-President Bill Clinton flew to North Korea and the two were pardoned when Kim Jong Il issued an order granting a special pardon to the two American journalists who had been sentenced to hard labour.
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