Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home
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On March 17, 2009, Laura Ling and her colleague Euna Lee were effective on a documentary about North Korean defectors who were fleeing the desperate conditions in their homeland. While filming on the Chinese–North Korean border, they were chased down by North Korean soldiers who violently apprehended them. Laura and Euna were charged with trespassing and “hostile acts,” and imprisoned by Kim Jong Il’s notoriously secretive Communist state. Kept really apart, they endured months of interrogations and eventually a examination before North Korea’s highest court. They were the first Americans ever to be sentenced to twelve years of hard labor in a prison camp in North Korea.
When news of the arrest reached Laura’s sister, journalist Lisa Ling, she immediately started a battle to get her sister unrestricted, one that led her from the State Department to the privileged echelons of the media world and eventually to the White House.
Somewhere Inside reveals for the first time Laura’s gripping account of what really happened on the river, her treatment at the hands of North Korean guards, and the deprivations and rounds of upsetting interrogations she endured. She speaks movingly about the emotional toll inflicted on her by her incarceration, including the measures she took to protect her sources and her fears that she might never see her family tree again.
Lisa writes about her inexorable efforts to secure Laura and Euna’s relief. Offering insights into the vast media battle spearheaded on the women’s behalf, Lisa also takes us deep into the drama involving people at the highest levels of government, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ex- Vice President Al Gore, Senator John Kerry, and Administrator Bill Richardson—intense discussions that entailed strategically balancing the agendas and excellent intentions of the various players. She also describes her role in the back-and-into the world between North Korea’s demands and the dramatic rescue by ex- President Bill Clinton.
Though they were thousands of miles apart while Laura was in captivity, the Ling sisters’ relationship became a way for the ascetic North Korean government to send messages to the United States government, which helped lead to Laura and Euna’s eventual relief.
Told in the sisters’ alternating voices, Somewhere Inside is a timely, inspiring, and page-turning tale of survival set against the canvas of international politics that goes beyond the headlines to reveal the impact on lives engulfed by forces beyond their control. But it is also a window into the unique bond these two sisters have permanently shared, a bond that sustained them throughout the most horrifying suffering of their lives.
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this book is dull. the theme is dull, nothing new.
plus she tries to capitalize on her irresponsible behavior and her sister’s fame.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
This book was pretty self-righteous and sappy. These women were supposedly trained journalists effective on a tale about North Korean refugees in China. So they first entered China lacking a journalist visa, in order to avoid Chinese laws… Then they illegally entered North Korea knowingly crossing the frozen river with thoughts of an interview with one of the border guards whose job was preventing people from crossing the river illegally in or out… They were spotted and guards chased them back to China and then arrested them and carried them to prison in North Korea. They admitted then crossing the border to film, admit they were effective on a film about DPRK defectors, had film in their camera of interview with defectors in which they made copious derogatory comments about Kim Jong-Il and the DPRK government. They broke the laws of both China and the DPRK flagrantly in order to make a documentary that was critical of both China and the DPRK, and they then go on to refer to their arrest as “being in captivity” and make it sound as though they are the innocent victims of a hostile regime having done nothing incorrect except their jobs… If an Al Jazeera reporter crossed the Rio Grande to make a film critical of the American treatment of illegal alien workers from Mexico, would we not arrest them and charge them with treason, and if we had been fortunate to have apprehended them in Mexican territory, we would have even shipped them to Guantanamo lacking examination. What exactly is the difference??? These women appealed for help to the Chinese government on the grounds that they were apprehended on Chinese soil, but, as people doing active research on the defectors in China, they should obviously know that China does not prevent DPRK border guards from entering Chinese territory in pursuit of escapees as China wants them sent back and will do anything to slow the tide of people crossing their “Rio Grande”. Also agreed they were effective illegally in China in the first place, I fail to see how they had any legitimate case of being unjustly arrested and held in the DPRK, as they were, in the jargon of the American homeland security act, enemy combatants, filming subversive tales and conducting what they could consider espionnage acts against the DPRK. If anything, from the reports in this book, it appears they were treated far better than we would have treated persons illegally entering our country for similar purposes – they had better housing, medical care, food, and everything else than most normal citizens of the country, and are yet complaining that they were deprived of their rights as if they had not done something incorrect in the first place… Frankly they were journalists investigating the situation in the DPRK and should have welcomed the opportunity they earned themselves to visit a labor camp, and surely are not deserving of the sympathy that poured out to them from all across the nation when they were arrested. They committed crimes in both China and North Korea, and place this country in a precarious diplomatic position where because they had relations, we had to go to fantastic lengths to get them out, which we probably should not have done. This book basically tries to elicit sympathy when we should have rage and contempt for them for soing something so incredibly stupid, selfish, and self-righteous when of all people, persons researching the topic and the region should have known better. I work in that part of China myself, studying the health of the Chinese-Koreans, and I can tell you that everyone is aware of persons issues, and anyone with an ounce of common sense would not have done what they tried to do, for absolutely no possible journalistic benefit additional than a picture on the beach of the river. Just unadorned stupid. I refused to buy this book but I read it in the bookstore, and bought a few coffees so the bookstore go their profit, but I wanted to make sure no profits went to these morons! Save your money… And do not support the stupid!
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Careless, incredibly selfish, and oblivious to what’s going on in North Korea….Laura Ling, Euna Lee, and their self-serving journalistic crew endangered the lives of many by sneaking into North Korea. And now they want to capitalize on their selfish act by writing a book about it?! The local tour guides who took them to the areas where they were less likely to get caught are probably in danger now (if not already caught by communist government officials). Persons refugees who wanted to escape their hellish regime are now either caught or now have to find additional ways to escape because of the holes that have been plugged up as this area they trespassed through has now been exposed to the North Koreans. Ironic how you set off thinking you’re doing some excellent, but the result bounces back in your face. Moreover, the US had to send in ex- President Clinton to go in and save them. We could have used this diplomatic ace card for additional negotiations…but no….now it has been wasted on some careless and self centered attention-hungry journalists. You can only deploy ex- President Clinton once to save the day. What a waste of a excellent “get out of jail” card! The North Koreans felt like they had some tiny victory…by building the ex- US President kiss their ass in return for returning some journalists…what a waste! And NOW….Laura Ling and her sister (why her sister needs to hog in the spotlight is beyond me) want to capitalize on all this by building money from a book?! And it’s incredible how ignorant of the reality that many people are by buying the book. Save your money….and send a message..make a statement. By buying this book, you are building your contributions to further the cause of idiotic television journalism and publications that place additional innocent people’s lives in danger…not to mention embarrassing your nation. Suggestion to authors: How’s this….why not donate ALL of the proceeds towards a excellent cause if you really care about the North Korean refugees?? If your careless act was truly to expose the travesty that befalls many North Koreans, then step up to the plate…don’t take a cent from the proceeds. But of course, that’s NOT going to take place.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
From the minute they were rescued, I was hoping they would write a book. After you read this book, I fervently recommend reading: The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Chol-hwan Kang and Pierre Rigoulot (Paperback – Aug. 24, 2005).
This will give you an incredible insight into the conditions in North Korea. I didn’t see any related recommendations so I wanted to get this in asap. I will write another review after I read it. I plot on watching them on Larry King tonight!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and The Additional’s Fight to Bring Her Home (Laura Ling & Lisa Ling)
The tale of Laura Ling And Euna Lee, journalists that went to China/North Korea to caputre a tale of North Korean defectors. In China on the Tumen River, preparing their tale, they cross into North Korean Territory and become the captured.
They are held prisoners for over 5 months, interogated and separated from each additional and thier family tree. Wonderfuly told by Laura (Ling) and her sister Lisa (Ling) in alternating chapters, from each sisters perspective. Captivating tale of the emotiaonl suffering of Laura’s fears of being sentanced to labor (camp) prison, and her suffering with her captors. Lisa’s fears of never seeing her sister again, and the race for time, to get her sister out, and home safely.
Also tells at what lenghts Lisa went to, to get her sister and Euna out of North Korea. With the aide of (formner) President Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, (ex-) Vice President Al Gore amongst others in the United States Government. Incredible tale of courage and dread, a memorable read.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5