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North Korean Guards Have Detained One Or More American Journalists Near The Country’s Border With China, South Korean Media Have Reported.

March 20, 2009 by 1 Comment

Tania Branigan

North Korea flag SC North Korean guards have detained one or more American journalists near the countrys border with China, South Korean media have reported.

 

    The news comes amid increasing strains on the peninsula. Pyongyang is angry at Seoul and Washington’s annual joint military drill, while the latter fear the North is planning to launch a ballistic missile next month.

   South Korean television channel YTV said guards from the North crossed the border into Chinese territory to arrest two US journalists, quoting an official in Seoul.

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  1. ROBERT AUGERI says:
    November 8, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    IF THESE JOURNALIST WERE FROM ANY OF THE NEWS NET WORKS LIKE ABC, CNBC, CNN, CBS, MAYBE JUST MAYBE THEY WILL WAKE UP TO THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT SOCIALISTIC COMMIEISTIC THING THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY IF WE AS AMERICAN PEOPLE ALLOW CHINA AND NORTH KOREA TO GO UNCHECKED. FIRST STOP SENDING AID TO A COUNTRY WE ARE BORROWING FROM. THE POLITICANS SHOULD PUT OUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER BEFORE SENDING ANY AID TO ANY COUNTRY. MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE BUT NOT ONE CENT FOR TRIBUTE. LET SOUTH KOREA PAY FOR THEIR OWN NATIONAL DEFENSE. WE CAN SEND TROOPS THEIR BUT LET THEM PAY FOR THEM. GOD HELP AMERICA AND OUR WARRIORS FROM OUR POLITICANS WHO WILL EXPLOIT OUR MILITARY AND OUR COUNTRY.

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