Community | December 20, 2011 | 12 comments

On 'TYT': Laura Ling discusses North Korea

Laura LingFormer "Vanguard" correspondent Laura Ling will join Cenk Uygur on "The Young Turks" tonight at 7/6c to discuss developments in North Korea and the death of dictator Kim Jong Il. 

UPDATE: Journalist Euna Lee will also join the conversation via satellite from New York.

Ling and Lee were detained and held for 140 days in North Korea while reporting for "Vanguard" in 2009 on North Korean defectors.

Ling, who is now the host of "E! Investigates," shared the story of her captivity in a special, 22-minute "Vanguard" interview from 2010. See it here:

 

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12 comments // On 'TYT': Laura Ling discusses North Korea

  • Itsbatman_Durr
  • artemis6
  • ras_menelik
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      ras_menelik  
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    • ETHIOPIA's admission of military supply imports from NORTH KOREA and
      America's silent approval for them created a sensation among people
      connected with foreign affairs. George Mason University Associate
      Professor Terrence Lyons, an expert on East African affairs, said:
      "Given the bad state of U.S.-DPRK relations, it was a surprise." An
      African diplomatic source also noted: "In recent years, I have never
      heard of a country that had officially admitted to military trade
      with NORTH KOREA."
      Dec. 2007
      http://cablesearch.org/cable/view.php?id=08TOKYO835&hl=Ethiopia+North+Korea+...

    • 5 months ago
  • Wizzane
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • Laura and Euna Lee went through an horrific experience in North Korea. I have great respect for both of them for their bravery. I wish I could watch this. I hope you post at least a snippet of it here. I miss her, but then I miss a lot of things about this site and station. However, I am warming to Cenk Uyger. He tells it like it is. I appreciate that.

    • 5 months ago
  • Leen61
  • PressCore
  • Leen61
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  
    • Leen61:

      I don't know, but I can believe China will definitely play a part. Will they see this as a plus? A new satellite nation from which to operate? I am also hoping his death will shed some light on the millions starving to death in North Korea and the camps there where people who try to escape are placed and tortured. It is not getting any attention in the news at all. Almost six million people have starved under Kim Jong IL. He was a mass murderer. There are more insidious ways to kill people than with bombs: mass brainwashing and starvation. And yet, notice how the people are in such grief over his death even knowing this. It is truly bizarre.

    • 5 months ago
  • Leen61
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      Leen61  
    • JanforGore:

      "He was a mass murderer. There are more insidious ways to kill people than with bombs: mass brainwashing and starvation. And yet, notice how the people are in such grief over his death even knowing this. It is truly bizarre."

      I agree, Jan. As for his torturing, I heard on either Cenk or Rachel, that he had camps where people were held and literally worked to death. And the number of camps were growing.

    • 5 months ago
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