Many thought that Laura Ling and Euna Lee would die in North Korea. However, this is what happened (according to CNN news):
"On Tuesday, Clinton secured the release of Euna Lee and Laura Ling -- reporters for his former vice president Al Gore's San Francisco-based Current TV -- after meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. The two had been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for entering the country illegally. They were reunited with their families in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Though in consultation with the White House, Clinton traveled to Pyongyang as a private citizen to retrieve the journalists. Upon their return, President Obama applauded the president, saying the administration was "extraordinarily relieved" that the pair had been set free."
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