US reacts to reporters trial in DPRK

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomes the announcement by Pyongyang that a trial date has now been set for two US journalists.

Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained near the Chinese-DPRK border in March while reporting on refugees from the DPRK. Clinton says the beginning of a process against them is a signal that there can be a resolution.

The US government has called the charges against them were baseless. A brief dispatch by Pyongyang did not say what charges they could face on June 4th. But state media previously said they stand accused of illegal entry and unspecified "hostile acts"... charges that could carry up to ten years in prison.