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Triumphant Return ... to Burbank

Posted Aug 5th 2009 10:02AM by TMZ Staff

After nearly 5 months in North Korean captivity, journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee finally returned to Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California.

North Korean Journalists Triumphant Return

The photo on the right was taken moments after Laura was reunited with her sister, former "View" host Lisa Ling. The women hadn't seen their families since March.

The two women flew in on a private jet, reportedly owned by movie producer Steve Bing, who happens to be a close personal friend of Bill Clinton -- the man who talked 5'3" Kim Jong-il into releasing Laura and Euna.

Tags: euna lee, EunaLee, journalists, laura ling, LauraLing, north korea, NorthKorea

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1. This is gossip? Yeah, TMZ isn't political at all......

Posted at 10:18AM on Aug 5th 2009 by Socialism sucks

2. first....amazing so happy for em

Posted at 10:13AM on Aug 5th 2009 by Joe

3. im sure this cost the american taxpayers plenty..stay at home and cook and clean and you wont get in any trouble ching lee and lang wong

Posted at 10:15AM on Aug 5th 2009 by new re post

4. First!

Posted at 10:14AM on Aug 5th 2009 by LaGuerita

5. Maybe those dumb asses shouldn't have done what they know is illegal anyway and almost causing an international incident in the process.

Posted at 10:16AM on Aug 5th 2009 by Bebe

6. Weird how Professor Gore didn't go since these women worked for him. Oh that's right, he's too busy making millions off dumbass environmental nutjob liberals while driving around in his fleet of SUV's, living in his energy zapping mansion and flying around the world in his very anti-green private jet. My bad.

Posted at 10:16AM on Aug 5th 2009 by rick

7. I saw it live, it was moving. So happy for the familes.

Posted at 10:17AM on Aug 5th 2009 by Kristajo

8. 4. im sure this cost the american taxpayers plenty..stay at home and cook and clean and you wont get in any trouble ching lee and lang wong

Posted at 10:15AM on Aug 5th 2009 by new re post

From the article:

The two women flew in on a private jet, reportedly owned by movie producer Steve Bing, who happens to be a close personal friend of Bill Clinton...

Now, is there anything else you would like to pull out your ass?

Posted at 10:19AM on Aug 5th 2009 by JoJo Dancer

9. They better thank their lucky stars they got out of North Korea if it was during the Bush adms,they would become dog meat.
I don't understand why these people get this ass in trouble going into countries who communist and they cry and beg and plead to come home.What do they have to get into their thick skulss.Those women were sentence years of hard labor.
If we had their prision system in the USA their would be less crime here.Over there they don't play..
Isn't the Korean President a Michael Jackson fan and ochestrated the Thriller scene from the video? Apparenty,he does have a sense of humor..
I bet the Iranian President will be much more difficutt to deal with he is serious mental caseHikers from the USA wake up one day and say oh let's go hiking in Iran..DUH!!!!

Posted at 10:41AM on Aug 5th 2009 by G

10. If these chicks worked for Bush TMZ would have slaughtered him for not going himself, but since they are employees of Al Gore I guess it's all good

Posted at 10:20AM on Aug 5th 2009 by flea

11. Keep your sorry asses out of there & the U.S. wouldn't have to deal with a mudering, nuke threatening, insane dictator......stupid b*tches!

Posted at 10:21AM on Aug 5th 2009 by Whatajoke

12. Professor Gore didn't go since he's too busy making millions off dumba$$ environmental wacko liberals whiling living in his energy zapping mansion, driving around in his fleet of SUVs and flying around the world in his anti-green private jet. You have to admire liberal hypocriscy.

Posted at 10:23AM on Aug 5th 2009 by jill

13. I find it amusing that Bill Clinton got this done. I can just see it now............Bill's thinking, "OK, that's it!! I got this one!!" Ha ha! Good for him!! And that's awesome that he used a friend's private jet too. I know some people don't like him, but he got things done!!

Posted at 10:24AM on Aug 5th 2009 by Jodi

14. AT WHAT COST? IT'S JUST LIKE NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS. IF THEY WEREN'T PART OF AL GORES GROUP, CLINTON WOULD NOT HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH NORTH KOREA!

Posted at 10:24AM on Aug 5th 2009 by Aaron

15. #7...do you know how many security people aer involved with Clinton?? And who do you suppose PAYS for all that Security? Yeah...you and me..the taxpayers..so yes it did cost us a small fortune for Billy Boy to go over there for this photo Op. If you really think Billy talked Kim Jong-il into releasing these women, you are so out of touch with the real world...

And since when did America start negotiating with terrorists??

Posted at 10:24AM on Aug 5th 2009 by JoePublic

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