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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The two journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, were arrested in March and charged with illegally entering the country with "hostile" intent.

这两名记者，凌志美和李云娜，3月被捕，并被控非法“恶意”进入该国。

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

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

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In a letter Laura Ling sent to her family, she asked them to remain strong.

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That's what Kim Jong Il successfully did with two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, earlier this year.

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