Efforts to secure their release are underway. CNN is now reporting that the UN Security Council has agreed on tougher sanctions against the rouge regime.
"The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council have agreed on a resolution that would expand and tighten sanctions on North Korea, two senior Western diplomats at the United Nations said.
The members — the United States, China, Russia, the United Kingdom and France — reached agreement while working with Japan and South Korea."
If you would like to show your support for the captured journalists, visit LiberateLaura or this Facebook group.
For background information on events surrounding their arrest and the trial, Global Voices has an excellent post by Jillian York.
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