Euna Lee
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Euna Lee (Korean: Script error: No such module "Lang".Script error: No such module "Category handler".; born 1972) is an American journalist.[1] While working for Current TV, Lee and fellow journalist Laura Ling were detained in North Korea after they crossed into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from the People's Republic of China without a visa in March 2009. They were found guilty of illegal entry and sentenced to twelve years' hard labor in June 2009.[2][3] The United States Government protested the sentences and implemented diplomatic efforts in order to secure the release of both Lee and Ling.[4] On August 4, 2009, Lee and Ling were pardoned by the North Korean government after a special humanitarian visit by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. She wrote a book on her experiences in North Korea titled The World Is Bigger Now: An American Journalist's Release from Captivity in North Korea ... A Remarkable Story of Faith, Family, and Forgiveness.[5]
Biography
Lee was born and raised in South Korea, and moved to the United States in order to attend Academy of Art University,[6] where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film and Broadcasting. She graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2012.[7] She is married to actor Michael Saldate; they have a daughter, Hana.[8]
On August 4, 2009, Bill Clinton visited North Korea in an attempt to free Lee and fellow journalist Laura Ling. The North Korean government pardoned both Lee and Ling after meeting with Clinton that day.[9][10] It was also said that the equipment and materials they used for their interviews were left behind in North Korea and that information about defectors and human rights activists who helped them in their interviews was obtained by the North Korean authorities, putting them in danger.[11] Human rights activists in South Korea accused Lee and Ling of placing North Korean refugees in danger through their actions.[12]
Awards and honours
In 2011, Lee and Ling received the McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.[13]
Published works
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See also
- 2009 imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea
- List of foreign nationals detained in North Korea
- Han Park
References
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External links
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- Journalist Euna Lee at 백지연의 피플Inside
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- American people of Korean descent
- North Korea–United States relations
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- American people imprisoned in North Korea
- South Korean journalists
- South Korean women journalists
- Current TV people
- Recipients of North Korean pardons
- Academy of Art University alumni
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- American women television journalists
- Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni