Topic: Lisa Ling

Oprah Winfrey channel debuts Saturday, but is it time for a new network?

Oprah Winfrey, whose successful syndicated show is in its last season, is launching her new cable TV network OWN to start the new year. The move is a risky one, media analysts say.

Top Picks: 'Food, Inc.,' 'SpongeBob's Last Stand,' 'Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country,' and other recommendations

'Food, Inc.' on PBS, 'SpongeBob's Last Stand' to save Bikini Bottom, 'Burma VJ' harrowing documentary on HBO, and more top picks.

North Korea may spare US journalists from hard labor

But the two women sentenced to 12 years in prison still face awful conditions. Their whereabouts since last week remain unknown.

North Korea silent on American journalists' trial

Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg met with Chinese officials in Beijing Friday after having met S. Korea's president in Seoul. Sanctions against the North were a central topic.

North Korea to put US journalists on trial Thursday

Laura Ling and Euna Lee, nabbed along the Chinese-North Korean border, have become players in a much larger drama.

American journalists could be bargaining chips for North Korea

A documentary critical of the North, filmed by a family member of one of the journalists, could complicate their case.

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