The U.S. has said that two american journalists that the two arrested journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, have been visited by the Swedish ambassador in Pyongyang – which comes after the U.S. has insisted on contact and fair justice for the reporters.
This will widely be seen as a good will gesture by North Korea – as all of the infrastructure is controlled by the ruling elite and something as substantial as this would be at the close attention of Kim Jong-il.
Euna and Laura were arrested on the Chinese-North Korea border, however it is rumoured that they were arrested on the Chinese side of the border after North Korean soldiers crossed over. This cannot be verified at the present stage though.
It is widely believed that North Korea will use the detained reporters as ‘bargaining chips’ to gain concessions from abroad, as it has done in the past.
