Former president to try to negotiate release of 2 detained U.S. journalists
ビルクリントン前大統領 2人の拘留された米国のジャーナリストの釈放を協議せんと
SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean news agency says former President Bill Clinton is heading to North Korea to negotiate the release of two detained American journalists.
Yonhap news agency says Clinton is on his way to Pyongyang, citing an unidentified high-level source. Yonhap said Tuesday that when Clinton arrives he will enter negotiations to win the release of the reporters. It is not clear when he will arrive.
The reporters, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, were sentenced in June to 12 years of hard labor for allegedly entering the country illegally and engaging in "hostile acts." They were arrested at the border with China in March.