Laura G. Ling (zhc=???p=L�ng Zh�m?i; born December 1, 1976) is an American (United States) journalist, working for Current TV as a correspondent and vice president of its Vanguard Journalism Unit, which produces the Vanguard TV series (Vanguard (TV series)). She is the sister of Lisa Ling, who is a special correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show, National Geographic Explorer, and CNN. Ling and fellow journalist Euna Lee were detained in North Korea (2009 imprisonment of US journalists by North Korea) after they crossed into North Korea from the Peoples Republic of China without a visa. They were subsequently pardoned after former US President (President of the United States) Bill Clinton flew to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong-il.