Neither of the two journalists released by North Korea looks like Americans.

One of them is Chinese and the other is Korean.

Ling Zhimei (Laura? Lisa ling, a 32-year-old Chinese-American, whose sister is a famous Chinese-American TV host. Ling Ling Zhimei joined Current TV in San Francisco, California in 2005. TV) ",often visit news neglected by the mainstream media, such as reporting the local drug problem in Mexico and its violence, living in the Amazon forest tribe in Brazil and observing the problems of indigenous people. She went to Iran to discuss the underground youth culture and visited the leaders of the United Wa Army, the largest drug armed organization in the former Golden Triangle.

Li Lina (English: Li? Cheng Yun, South Korea:), American female journalist. 1973 was born in South Korea and moved to the United States from South Korea in the mid-1990s. After arriving in the United States, Li Lina and her sister lived in California. According to her classmate Marquez at that time, Li Lina got good grades in school and was very ambitious. From 65438 to 0998, Li Lina graduated from UCLA with a bachelor's degree in media. "She always smiles and is very smart," said Marquez. "She also respects her sister." Since 2005, she has been an editor of "Trend TV". She has also edited some websites, TV stations and film production companies and produced a series of short films.