World | North Korea US Journalists Held in Guest House, Not Labor Camp By Kevin Spak Posted Jul 10, 2009 8:30 AM CDT Copied South Korean conservative activists march, holding photos of American journalists Euna Lee, left, and Laura Ling detained in North Korea, during a rally in Seoul, July 10, 2009. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) North Korea has not yet sent Lisa Ling or Euna Lee to a prison labor camp, keeping them instead in a “guest house,” according to a University of Georgia political scientist who recently visited the country. It's a sign that Pyongyang still wants to negotiate the girls' fate with the US the scholar said, predicting that North Korea would soon schedule talks. “I heard from North Korean officials that the American journalists were doing fine at a guest house in Pyongyang,” the scholar said. Ling and Lee, who were arrested for attempting to film a piece for Al Gore's CurrentTV, have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. Ling called her sister yesterday, and said that a government pardon was their only hope of freedom. Read These Next Trump, Johnson aren't happy with pick for Super Bowl headliner. SCOTUS sounds skeptical about law banning gay conversion therapy. Felix Baumgartner's death attributed to his own error. Feds cite ChatGPT evidence in arrest of Palisades Fire suspect. Report an error