A high school friend of mine that I recently reconnected with needs our help. To be more accurate her sister needs our help.
As some of you might know Lisa Ling's sister Laura Ling and colleague Euna Lee were recently detained in N. Korea.
North Korea admitted Saturday to seizing two American journalists - including the sister of TV star Lisa Ling - for "illegally intruding" on the secretive Communist nation's soil.
Rifle-packing soldiers snatched the pair of reporters, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, on Tuesday after they crossed the border from China.
Ling and Lee were working on a report about female refugees abducted by human traffickers for former Vice President Al Gore's San Francisco-based media outlet, Current TV.
Unfortunately the US has no direct relationship with the N. Korean government and has been relying on the Swedish Embassy. There has been some progress on this situation.
NKorea says 2 US journalists will stand trial
SEOUL, South Korea – Two American journalists detained at North Korea's border with China earlier this month will be indicted and tried for illegal entry and hostile acts, Pyongyang's state-run news agency said Tuesday.
The Korean Central News Agency report did not say when a trial might take place, but said moves to indict the Americans are under way as the investigation continues.
State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said in Washington that a Swedish diplomat met with the journalists individually over the weekend.
Duguid provided no other details about the journalists or the weekend visit Monday, citing privacy concerns.
There is a write in campaign and an online petition to help these women return home safely. I'm asking the community to help out by joining the Facebook group and to join the write in campaign. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Here is the Facebook group: http://www.new.facebook.com/...
here is the on line petition: http://www.rsf.org/...
And here is a list of write ins:
CONTACT AMERICAN TV NEWS DEPARTMENTS:
ABC News
77 W. 66 St., New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-456-7777
General e-mail: netaudr@abc.com
Nightline: nightline@abcnews.com
20/20: 2020@abc.com
CBS News
524 W. 57 St., New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-975-4321
Fax: 212-975-1893
Email forms for all CBS news programs
CBS Evening News: evening@cbsnews.com
The Early Show: earlyshow@cbs.com
60 Minutes II: 60minutes@cbsnews.com
48 Hours: 48hours@cbsnews.com
Face The Nation: ftn@cbsnews.com
CNBC
900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Phone: (201) 735-2622
Fax: (201) 583-5453
Email: info@cnbc.com
CNN
One CNN Center, Box 105366, Atlanta, GA 30303-5366
Phone: 404-827-1500
Fax: 404-827-1784
Email forms for all CNN news programs
Fox News Channel
1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 301-3000
Fax: (212) 301-4229
comments@foxnews.com
List of Email addresses for all Fox News Channel programs
Special Report with Brit Hume: Special@foxnews.com
FOX Report with Shepard Smith: Foxreport@foxnews.com
The O'Reilly Factor: Oreilly@foxnews.com
Hannity & Colmes: Hannity@foxnews.com, Colmes@foxnews.com
On the Record with Greta: Ontherecord@foxnews.com
More Fox info:
Fox5's newsdesk number is 212.452.3808 (news director dianne.doctor@foxtv.com).
And my9 newsdesk is 201.330.2199 (news director jim.driscoll@foxtv.com).
MSNBC/NBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112
Phone: (212) 664-4444
Fax: (212) 664-4426
List of Email addresses for all MSNBC/NBC news programs
Dateline NBC: dateline@nbc.com
Hardball with Chris Matthews: hardball@msnbc.com
MSNBC Reports with Joe Scarborough: joe@msnbc.com
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: nightly@nbc.com
NBC News Today: today@nbc.com
PBS
2100 Crystal Drive, Arlington VA 22202
Phone: 703-739-5000
Fax: 703-739-8458
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: newshour@pbs.org
United States of America
Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations:
140 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212) 415-4000
Telefax: (212) 415-4443
Telefax: (212) 415-4341 (Economic Section), (212) 415-4162 (Host Country Affairs), (212) 415-4209 (Legal Affairs), (212) 415-4415 (Political Section), (212) 415-4053 (Press and Public Affairs), (212) 415-4183 (Management Reform), (212) 415-4069 (US Mission Protocol Office)
E-mail: usa@un.int
Website: www.usunnewyork.usmission.gov
Foreign Relations of the United States:
Public Communication Division:
PA/PL, Rm. 2206
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20520
202-647-6575
Hotline for American Travelers:
202-647-5225
OVERSEAS CITIZENS SERVICES: Call 1-888-407-4747
(from overseas: 202-501-4444) for answers related
to questions concerning the:
Arrest/detention of an American citizen abroad
Robbery of an American citizen abroad
American citizens missing abroad
Crisis abroad involving American citizens
After-hours number for an emergency involving an
American citizen abroad
North Korea Contact Addresses:
If calling you need to dial 011-850 then the (2) and then the 5 diget number.
The National Tourism Administration of the DPRK
Central District,
Pyongyang,
Korea (Dem Rep)
Telephone number: (2) 381 8901.
Fax number: (2) 381 4547.
E-mail: nta@silibank.com
Kumgangsan International Tourist Company - Korea (Dem Rep)
Central District,
Pyongyang,
Korea (Dem Rep)
Telephone number: (2) 31562.
Fax number: (2) 381 2100.
British Embassy - Korea (Dem Rep)
Munsu-dong Diplomatic Compound,
Pyongyang,
Korea (Dem Rep)
Telephone number: (2) 381 7980.
Fax number: (2) 381 7985.
E-mail: postmaster.PYONX@fco.gov.uk