One of the journalists is Lisa Ling’s sister.

The U.S. State Department confirmed Thursday that two U.S. journalists have been taken into custody, apparently by North Korean border guards, in the area of the Tuman River marking the border between North Korea and China.

CNN has learned that the two were a part of a group of four who were filming near the Tuman River area, on the border between China and North Korea. As the North Korean guards tried to arrest them, an American male and a Chinese driver fled; the two women were caught.

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