# Claim 600

A North Korean court sentenced the two journalists to twenty years of reform through hard labor.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: A North Korean court sentenced the two journalists to twenty years of reform through hard labor.
- Field: action
- Value: twenty-year sentence
- About: [incident 2009-north-korea-ling-lee-sentenced](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2009-north-korea-ling-lee-sentenced)
- Source: Attacks on the Press 2009: North Korea. https://cpj.org/2010/02/attacks-on-the-press-2009-north-korea/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2010-02-16

## Quotation from the source

> sentenced to 20 years of 'reform through hard labor'

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