former Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy in South Korea
President of The Korea Society; former Senior Foreign Service Officer, whose posts have included serving as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Seoul, Korea
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Evans Revere
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FROM Evans Revere
Which Way, L.A.?
Risky Travel and Government to the Rescue Is still not clear what Laura Ling and Euna Lee did at the Chinese border with North Korea. We don’t know what three other Americans were up to in remote Kurdistan, but they’re now in custody, accused of illegally crossing into Iran. Such incidents are increasingly common , which means multiple headaches for US diplomats.
To the Point
Dangerous Assignments, Risky Travel and Government to the Rescue Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been freed from North Korea , but three other Americans are still being detained for crossing from remote Kurdistan into Iran. These are only the latest in a series of international incidents created by American citizens accused of entering forbidden zones, creating multiple headaches for US diplomats.
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