Vigils have little impact on North Korean authorities

North Korean strategists must be loving every minute of it. They’ve got two American women in their net, charged with entering the country illegally and committing "hostile acts". They’ve got the United States State Department working behind the scenes for their release while talking tough in public about North Korean "provocations". They’ve got the women’s relatives – including an older sister who once made a television documentary exposing the horrors of life in North Korea – appealing publicly for mercy. And they’ve also got activists across the US staging "vigils", praying and pleading for justice.

But none of this is likely to have much impact on authorities in North Korea when it comes to deciding the fate of the two women.

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