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Incidents in North Korea, stage: eliminate
Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.
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CountryNorth Korea
ContinentAsia
StageEliminate 1
OutcomeReversed 1
LevelNational 1
Head of governmentKim Jong Il
North Korea: American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee are sentenced to hard labor
A North Korean court sentenced Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to twenty years of "reform through hard labor" after their arrest for crossing the border from China without authorization, and both were released months later f…
Secrets and espionage laws · Stage Eliminate · Head of government Kim Jong Il · Reversed
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