Lets look at the other side of this story. Did the Ling girl go to North Korea to do what her sister did?
Her sister got away with it and garnered a lot of ttention and journalists are known for doing almost anything for attention.
My belief is that she meant to sneak into N. Korea and get a story similar to the one her sister came out with. She will now get an even bigger story if and when she comes out in 12 years.
Do I think her sentence is unjust?? I do. 12 years in a work camp as described here,is a bit much for sneaking into a country. However she should have thought of that before she made her move.Only an idiot sticks his head in a Lion’s mouth. It is well known that N. Korea is a rogue nation.She knew it, she took her chances and she lost.
Sometimes as humans we have to have some level of compassion and humanitarianism, even reserved for idiots like these liberal (but probably not liberal/leftist anymore) girls essentially just one level above cub reporters stringing for a college newspaper. I think I know you. If you heard these two’s terrified screams and crying of themselves to sleep nightly in some dank DPRK cell with rats and piss and NK guards ready for a rape at a moments notice, while they look at other prisoners talking to themselves and out of their minds, I believe you would want them out of there I am sure, I think most good Freepers would. At any rate, stupidity, yes, but certainly a said story. Like I said, this should all be billed to Al Gore afterward, PTSD counseling sessions, medical treatment and the like, when/and if/they get out of that HELL.