Obama calls N Korea a ‘grave threat’

By William Lowther / STAFF REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, WITH AP AND AFP

In related news, the families of two US journalists jailed for 12 years in North Korea have appealed to Pyongyang to show mercy and said the pair were only doing their job when they were detained on March 17. Relatives of Taiwanese-American Laura Ling (凌志美) and Korean-American Euna Lee spoke to CNN after Pyongyang’s official media gave its first details of their alleged crimes.