This is the border zone where the two U.S. journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, were captured last year.

去年那两名美国记者，尤纳。李和劳拉。李就是在这个边界地区被抓获的。

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It was not clear how soon the two journalists, Laura Ling, 32, and Euna Lee, 36, would be allowed to leave the country.

目前还不清楚两名记者要过多久才被允许离开该国。两名记者是32岁的凌志美和36岁的李·丽娜。

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However, Lee called for the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee of California-based Current TV, as well as a South Korean worker he said was being held for unknown reasons.

不过，李明博呼吁释放总部设在加利福尼亚的Current TV记者凌志美和李云娜，以及一名韩国工人，他称其被关押原因不明。

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Kim Jong Il gave Laura Ling and Euna Lee what North Korean media called a special pardon.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

Two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, were arrested after entering North Korea in 2009.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

In one of the most high-profile cases, Mr Clinton negotiated the release in 2009 of two US journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who had been found guilty of entering North Korea illegally.

BBC: North Korea to issue verdict on US citizen