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North Korea Sentences 2 US Journalists to 12 Years Labor

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.

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