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Current Regresses to Status Quo Programming

Current's new (old) strategy is to regress to standard 30 and 60 minute TV programming... more

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Katie Couric interviews Al Gore

Katie Couric asks Al Gore if we are moving in the right direction on climate change.... more

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At the 'Vanguard' of the news again

"Just months after the release of two of its journalists, the Current TV program is... more

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Hard Labor

Laura Ling heads out with Brazil's anti-slavery task force in the Amazon jungle.

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Vanguard Season 3 Preview

***TUNE IN TONIGHT at 10pm as Vanguard correspondent Adam Yamaguchi previews the... more

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About Laura Ling

Laura Ling serves as Vice President of Current TV’s investigative journalism series... more

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Lisa Ling To Return To "The View" As Guest-Host

Lisa Ling, a former co-host of "The View," will be back as a guest co-host for two... more

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Thank you Laura and Euna

A statement was released detailing the circumstances surrouding Laura Ling and Euna... more

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Discuss Laura Ling and Euna Lee's statement on North Korea, "Hostages in the Hermit Kingdom"

Hostages in the Hermit Kingdom While covering human trafficking between North Korea... more

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Even more ways to watch, catch us on hulu! - [Current.com Blog]

Your eyes aren’t deceiving you, Current TV shows are now available on Hulu!... more

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Laura Ling and Euna Lee will finally tell us this week what happened on March 17 in China/N. Korea!

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Lisa Ling's husband Paul Song announces... more

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Laura Ling and Euna Lee Come Under Harsh Criticism In South Korea

Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two American journalists released after nearly five months in North Korean custody, have been widely portrayed at home as victims of unduly harsh punishment by a repressive government for simply doing their job.

But here in South Korea, human rights advocates, bloggers and Christian pastors are accusing them of needlessly endangering the very people they tried to cover: North Korean refugees and the activists who help them.

The accusations stem from a central fear repeated in newspapers and blogs here: that the notes and videotapes the journalists gathered in China before their ill-fated venture to the border fell into the hands of the authorities, potentially compromising the identities of refugees and activists dedicated to spiriting people out of the North.

The Rev. Lee Chan-woo, a South Korean pastor, said the police raided his home in China on March 19, four days after the journalists visited and filmed a secret site where he looked after children of North Korean refugee women. He said that he was then deported in early April and that his five secret homes for refugees were shut down. The children, he said, were dispersed to family members in China, who could not afford to take care of them.

“The Chinese cited scenes from films confiscated from the journalists when they interrogated me,” said Mr. Lee, 70. As evidence of the ordeal, he provided documents he said the Chinese police gave him after the raid.

“The reporters visited our place with a noble cause,” he added. “I did my best to help them. But I wonder how they could be so careless in handling their tapes and notebooks. They should have known that if they were caught, they would suffer for sure, but also many others would be hurt because of them.”

The Rev. Chun Ki-won, the chief pastor of the Durihana Mission that Mr. Lee works with, said that two of the women interviewed by the American journalists fled China after being told about the arrests, frightened of being repatriated to North Korea and put in labor camps. Another interviewee was still on the run in China, he said.

“We could not find out whether they filmed any other refugees we don’t know of,” Mr. Chun said. “If that’s the case, we have to find them, provided it’s not too late already. But the American reporters are not talking to us.”

Many elements of Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee’s reporting trip remain shrouded in mystery. Neither their employer, Current TV, nor the journalists have revealed details of their work or the circumstances under which they were captured.

Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee were arrested by North Korean soldiers on March 17, while their cameraman, Mitch Koss, and their guide were reported to have been detained by the Chinese authorities after fleeing.

Brent Marcus, a spokesman for Current TV, said, “We’re concerned about the situation that has evolved with Lee Chan-woo and the Durihana Mission.”Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two American journalists released after nearly five... more