"She's a very courageous woman," says Ling, whose sister suffered trauma while on assignment
The TV correspondent gave birth Wednesday to daughter Li Jefferson Clayton
The journalist, detained last year in North Korea, plans to name her daughter after Lisa, who helped secure her release
One of two American journalists freed last year from a North Korean prison said Wednesday that their release was thanks to an expression of condolences made by former President Bill Clinton, to North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il.
In a Web posting, the two U.S. journalists released from North Korea describe their capture. CNN's Alina Cho reports.
The two U.S. journalists released from North Korea last month after five months in captivity said "the psychological wounds of imprisonment are slow to heal."
The detained journalists "regret" crossing the North Korea border - in what might have been a trap
"It was maybe 30 seconds, and everything just got sort of chaotic," she says
Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee told Ling's sister they were treated humanely in North Korea, and they believe they weren't sent to hard-labor camps because they have medical conditions, Lisa Ling said Friday.
Lisa Ling, sister of freed journalist Linda Ling, says the two captives were kept apart by North Korea.
It was a heartwarming sight: Laura Ling and Euna Lee landing on U.S. soil and being reunited with their families.
"There were rocks in her rice," says sister Lisa Ling. "She's anxious just to eat fresh food"
Laura Ling and Euna Lee embrace family and friends as they return to the United States.
Laura Ling on Wednesday expressed the shock she and Euna Lee felt when former President Clinton showed up in Pyongyang, North Korea, to help secure the two journalists' release.
"We're home and free!" says Ling after their 5-month North Korean ordeal
"We are counting the seconds to hold Laura and Euna in our arms," they say in a statement
Laura Ling and Euna Lee are pardoned after Bill Clinton visits the country and headed to Los Angeles to see their families
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton landed in North Korea early Tuesday on a mission to negotiate the release of two American journalists imprisoned there since March, according to the country's state news agency and a CNN source.
The United States has dropped its request that two American journalists imprisoned in North Korea be released on humanitarian grounds, and is seeking amnesty instead, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
Anderson talks with the relatives of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who are pleading with the North Korean government for their release.
After weeks of silence, the sister of one of the two American journalists imprisoned in North Korea finally got a phone call.
The Swedish ambassador met with two imprisoned U.S. journalists in Pyongyang on Tuesday, a U.S. State Department spokesman said, in their first meeting since a North Korean court handed the reporters their 12-year sentence.
North Korea is warning the world to stay out of part of its eastern waters for 16 days, starting Thursday, saying it will hold a military drill, Japanese officials said.
The U. S. is tracking a North Korean ship suspected of carrying arms or nuclear technology. CNN's Chris Lawrence reports
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the United States could defend itself should North Korea launch a missile toward Hawaii and that U.S. officials are carefully monitoring the reclusive nation's military.
Family members of two U.S. journalists imprisoned in North Korea said they are worried about the women's well-being and are pleading for their release.
North Korea's state media released a "detailed report" Tuesday claiming that American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee entered the country illegally in order to record material for a "smear campaign" against the reclusive communist state.
The families of two U.S. journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea pleaded for clemency, urging the communist government to "show compassion" and release them.
Two American journalists who were detained in North Korea have been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
They call on North Korea to show compassion for the broadcaster's sister and her friend
Laura Ling and Euna Lee now must await U.S. diplomatic efforts with North Korea
Larry talks with Lisa Ling and family and friends of detained U.S. journalists held in North Korea.
The families of two U.S. journalists detained in North Korea made public pleas for their release, as their trial and the threat of years in labor camps loom.
Two U.S. journalists will stand trial for alleged crimes in North Korea, the government announced Friday.
CNN's Sohn Jie-Ae discusses the political backdrop of news two U.S. journalists will face trial in North Korea.
Two American journalists will be tried in a North Korean court on June 4, Pyongyang's official news agency said Thursday.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore discusses efforts to free two journalists held in North Korea.
After nearly three months of maintaining their silence, the families of two U.S. journalists detained in North Korea are taking to the airwaves this week to lobby for their release as the women go on trial Thursday.
As the trial for two American journalists began Thursday in North Korea, a former Japanese journalist has recounted his experience while he was imprisoned in the country for about two years.
Anderson Cooper talks to the families of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, two journalists who are being held in North Korea.
Observers have been barred from a trial for two American journalists who were detained while covering the plight of North Korean defectors living along the China-North Korea border, a U.S. State Department spokesman said.
Laura Ling and Euna Lee's families are speaking publicly for the first time about their arrest
North Korea has concluded an investigation of two detained American journalists, and they will stand trial, according to the nation's state-run news service, KCNA.
A journalist in Iran and two others in North Korea represent a tiny percentage of journalists worldwide who have been arrested for their work, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, an advocacy group.
CNN's Christiane Amanpour gives historical comparison to Iran's past decisions concerning jailed foreigners.
Al Gore, the detained journalist's employer, isn't commenting "given the sensitivity of the situation," a spokesman says
With an indictment looming, the US is using diplomacy to try to free journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee
Reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee had been working on a story about North Korean refugees
An ex-convict suspected of killing two people and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in South Carolina over the weekend was captured Tuesday in Augusta, Georgia, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
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