Clinton believed to have arrived in Pyongyang: source

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is believed to have
arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday, diplomatic sources in Seoul said, to meet with
North Korean officials to secure the release of two detained American
journalists.
"We're aware that an aircraft from the U.S. landed at the Sunan Airport in
Pyongyang at around 10:48 a.m.," an official said on condition of anonymity.
The former American president, according to the sources, was to negotiate and
secure the release of the two journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee of the San
Francisco-based media group Current TV.
The two were arrested in mid-March near the China-North Korea border while
reporting on refugees fleeing the impoverished North. They were sentenced to 12
years of hard labor by the North on charges of illegal entry and "hostile acts."
North Korea and the U.S. have been holding "active consultations" on their fate
in recent weeks, according to a source in Seoul.
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