N. Korea issues `` detailed report '' of why women were arrested , convicted . N. Korea : Journalists intended to `` isolate and stifle the socialist system '' Laura Ling , Al Gore 's sentenced to March 17 of hard labor . The reporters for California-based Current TV -- a media venture of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore -- were arrested while reporting on the border between North Korea and China . Journalists were working for Laura Ling Current TV when arrested .
N. Korea issues `` detailed report '' of why women were arrested , convicted . N. Korea : Journalists intended to `` isolate and stifle the socialist system '' Laura Ling , Al Gore 's sentenced to March 17 of hard labor . Journalists were working for Laura Ling Current TV when arrested .