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dlwickham

(3,316 posts)
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:44 PM Apr 2016

Interesting info about Paul Song

if it wasn't for Bill Clinton, his sister in law might still be doing hard time in North Korea


On January 3, 2007, Ling announced her engagement to radiation oncologist Paul Song.[20] They married on May 26, 2007, in Los Angeles, California. The wedding party included guests such as Connie Chung, one of Lisa's personal heroes, and actresses Kelly Hu and Diane Farr.[21] On June 7, 2009, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from National University, after giving the commencement speech there.[22] In October 2012 Ling announced on Anderson Cooper's talk show that she and her husband were expecting their first child, a baby girl. She gave birth to a daughter named Jett Ling Song on March 8, 2013.[23][24] The family resides in Santa Monica, California.[25][26]

Her younger sister, Laura Ling, also a journalist, was managing editor of Vanguard at Current TV and currently a host and reporter on E! Network. In March 2009 Laura and her colleague Euna Lee were detained by North Korea for illegal entry into the country. They had been attempting to film refugees along the border with China.[27] In June, they were sentenced to 12 years in a labor prison for illegal entry into North Korea, and unspecified hostile acts.[28]

North Korea released Laura and Euna on August 4, 2009 after a visit from former U.S. President Bill Clinton.[29] Laura and Lisa went on to collaborate on the first book either has had published, Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home, published in May 2010.[30]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Ling

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Interesting info about Paul Song (Original Post) dlwickham Apr 2016 OP
Wow, that's pretty amazing. IamMab Apr 2016 #1
Short memories Iliyah Apr 2016 #2
WOw, thank you for that, dlwickham.. So, I'm sure they appreciated it at the time.. and Cha Apr 2016 #3
boy that's awful nice of him DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #7
the pic.. Cha Apr 2016 #8
Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State at the time lolly Apr 2016 #4
In Release of Journalists, Both Clintons Had Key Roles NYT's otohara Apr 2016 #9
Great find...looks as if Hillary was also involved. LisaM Apr 2016 #5
Im sure TMontoya Apr 2016 #6
Wow! WOW! Her Sister Apr 2016 #10
this is making the rounds now dlwickham Apr 2016 #11

Cha

(297,123 posts)
3. WOw, thank you for that, dlwickham.. So, I'm sure they appreciated it at the time.. and
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 12:15 AM
Apr 2016

now this guy with his "Democratic *****" @ a anti-Hillary rally.

Because that's all they ever are.. certainly not on BS record.

Cha

(297,123 posts)
8. the pic..
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 03:25 AM
Apr 2016

Philly4Hillary ??@Philly4Hillary
Here's the "Democratic whore's"' husband with Paul Song's sister in law, after he got her out of a S Korean prison.
4:49 PM - 13 Apr 2016 · Philadelphia, PA, United States
237 237 Retweets 216 216 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/04/13/todays-white-house-science-fair/#comments

lolly

(3,248 posts)
4. Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State at the time
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 12:51 AM
Apr 2016

And I believe was involved behind the scenes.

I also heard that Paul Song was involved in Kamala Harris' campaign here in CA--hope she gets rid of that baggage soon.

 

otohara

(24,135 posts)
9. In Release of Journalists, Both Clintons Had Key Roles NYT's
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 04:08 AM
Apr 2016

WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton left North Korea on Wednesday morning after a dramatic 20-hour visit, in which he won the freedom of two American journalists, opened a diplomatic channel to North Korea’s reclusive government and dined with the North’s ailing leader, Kim Jong-il.

Mr. Clinton departed from Pyongyang, the capital, around 8:30 a.m. local time, along with the journalists, Laura Ling, 32, and Euna Lee, 36, on a private jet bound for Los Angeles, according to a statement from the former president’s office.

The North Korean government, which in June sentenced the women to 12 years of hard labor for illegally entering North Korean territory, announced hours earlier that it had pardoned the women after Mr. Clinton apologized to Mr. Kim for their actions, according to the North Korean state media.

President Obama contacted the families of the women on Tuesday evening, according to administration officials, but the White House said it would withhold public comment until the former president landed on American soil.

Mr. Clinton’s mission to Pyongyang was the most visible by an American in nearly a decade. It came at a time when the United States’ relationship with North Korea had become especially chilled, after North Korea’s test of its second nuclear device in May and a series of missile launchings.

It ended a harrowing ordeal for the two women, who were stopped on March 17 by soldiers near North Korea’s border with China while researching a report about women and human trafficking. They faced years of imprisonment in the gulaglike confines of a North Korean prison camp.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/world/asia/05korea.html?_r=0

LisaM

(27,800 posts)
5. Great find...looks as if Hillary was also involved.
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 01:47 AM
Apr 2016

www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/05/nkorea.journalists.background

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