北韩官方的朝中社报导说，北韩一家法院判处两名美国女记者12年强制劳动。朝中社星期一报导说，法院判决两名美国女记者犯有未具体说明的“严重罪行”，以及非法进入北韩。
北韩国营媒体上星期四宣布，开始对美国媒体公司“时事电视台”的记者李妍儿和凌志美进行审判。北韩当局3月逮捕了李妍儿和凌志美，当时她们正在中国和北韩边界附近采访。
白宫星期一在一项声明中表示，奥巴马总统对于报导所说的判决深感关注，也在使用一切可能的途径来确保她们获释。
North Korea’s state news agency says a court has sentenced two female American journalists to 12 years of hard labor. The Korean Central News Agency said Monday that the court found the two women guilty of committing an unspecified “grave crime” and illegally crossing into North Korea.
Last Thursday, North Korean state media announced the start of the trial of Euna Lee and Laura Ling, reporters for the U.S. media company Current TV. North Korean authorities arrested Lee and Ling in March while they were working on a story near the Chinese-North Korean border.
The White House said in a statement Monday that President Barack Obama is “deeply concerned” about the reported sentencing and is using “all possible channels” to secure their release.