TOKYO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The aircraft carrying former U.S. president Bill Clinton and the two freed journalists from Pyongyang landed for refueling at a U.S. military base in northern Japan Wednesday, broadcaster NHK reported.
NHK's news footage showed the plane landed at the U.S. Misawa Air
Base in Aomori prefecture on Honshu island, at 10:25 a.m. local time (0125 GMT).
Clinton's plane is en route to Los Angeles after the two U.S.
journalists were freed from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The chartered plane left Pyongyang's Sunan Airport at about 8 a.m.
local time (2300 GMT Tuesday). Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium
of the Supreme People's Assembly of DPRK, and Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan
saw them off at the airport.
Clinton leaves Pyongyang with released journalists
PYONGYANG, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Two American journalists released by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) left Pyongyang Wednesday morning aboard a chartered plane carrying homebound former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
The two women, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, looked in good condition when they boarded the plane. Full story
DPRK releases two American journalists
PYONGYANG, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The
two American female journalists captured on March 17 and sentenced to 12 years
of "labor reform" in June by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK)
were granted an amnesty and released during former U.S. president Bill Clinton's
visit to the country, the official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
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Former U.S. president Clinton meets
two American journalists detained in
DPRK
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. president Bill Clinton on Tuesday met with two American woman journalists detained in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) hours after his arrival in Pyongyang, ABC News reported.
Clinton's meeting with Laura Ling and Euna Lee, both
sentenced by the DPRK's highest court in June to 12 years in a labor camp for an
illegal border crossing, is "very emotional," ABC News quoted an unidentified
government source as saying. Full story
Backgrounder: Detention, trial of two
U.S. journalists by
DPRK
PYONGYANG, Aug. 4
(Xinhua) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrived in Pyongyang, the capital
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Tuesday.
DPRK officials did not reveal the purpose of
Clinton's visit, but the visit is reportedly related with negotiations for the
release of two detained American journalists. Full story
Former U.S. president heading to DPRK
for detained journalists
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was heading to the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Tuesday to seek the release of two
detained American journalists.
"Former President Clinton is en route to Pyongyang,"
the Yonhap news agency quoted an informed source as saying. "As soon as he
arrives there, he will begin negotiations for the release of the
journalists." Full story
