Bill Clinton & Kim Jong-il

photo via KCNA

This week former US President Bill Clinton traveled to North Korea and was able to talk leader Kim Jong-il into pardoning the two jailed American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. They were arrested in March after entering North Korea while doing a report for Current and subsequently sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.

via New York Times


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John Hell August 4, 2009 at 4:31 pm

Would you look at that rug?

anothershamus August 5, 2009 at 7:57 pm

Is Clinton’s hair as tall as Kim’s? Must be the new hairstyle for world leaders!

James Lamb August 5, 2009 at 9:51 pm

They should have taken the picture seated at a table, with one guy in a higher chair ?

Interesting that the NYT article avoids the whole president, former-president, dictator conundrum by calling everyone “Mr.”

Fred August 6, 2009 at 11:25 am

Looks like Jimmuh Carter got snubbed.

Mitch August 7, 2009 at 10:45 am

Good work.

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