A very successful outcome to this surprise diplomatic mission.
Bill Clinton is understood to have landed in Pyongyang earlier today for a surprise visit to North Korea as relations between the United States and the regime continue to sour and mystery surrounds the health of its enigmatic leader, Kim Jong Il.
The Korean Central News Agency said in a bulletin this afternoon that the former US President had been greeted at Pyongyang airport by two senior government figures — the vice-president of the presidium of North Korea’s parliament and the Deputy Foreign Minister.
It’s now just being announced that North Korea has pardoned the journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee and they are to be freed. Good work by Bill Clinton! I’ll put up the link when it is available.
Update: Story link.
The journalists could be leaving North Korea as soon as today.