North Korea to try two US journalists for 'hostile acts'

North Korea intends to put on trial two American journalists over allegations of illegal entry and “hostile acts” amid ongoing tension between Pyongyang and Washington over a rocket launch.

The secretive state’s news agency confirmed that Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who work for former vice president Al Gore’s San Francisco based Current TV, are to face charges that could see them confined to the county’s notorious labour camps.