{"id":4243,"date":"2009-06-07T04:06:25","date_gmt":"2009-06-07T04:06:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-06-07T05:06:58","modified_gmt":"2009-06-07T05:06:58","slug":"2-US-journalists-still-on-trial-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=4243","title":{"rendered":"2 US journalists still on trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Two US women journalists <\/strong>accused of illegally entering North Korea face further hearings after they appeared in court last week, a news report said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>So they only appeared in court?<\/p>\n<p><strong>North Korea<\/strong> has been silent on the fate of <strong>Laura Ling and Euna Lee<\/strong> since putting them on trial Thursday for &#8216;hostile acts&#8217; and illegally entering the country, with state media carrying no update on proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t think North Korea is holding back the trial results, but is actually continuing the trial,&#8217; said an unnamed source described by South Korea&#8217;s Yonhap news agency as being &#8216;familiar&#8217; 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