Expecting a baby, a girl, and will named her after her sister, Lisa Ling [May 20, 2010].
Was detained, with Eun-ha Lee, in North Korea in March 2009, sentenced to 12 years in a labor prison but eventually pardoned and released in August, 2009.
Before joining Current TV in 2005, she worked as a series producer for Channel One News.
Vice-president of Current TV's investigative journalism series, "Vanguard". She is also an on-air correspondent.
Her husband, Iain Clayton, 43, is a financial analyst [2010].
Laura and her husband, Iain Clayton, became the parents of a daughter, Li Jefferson Clayton, born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California on June 2, 2010, weighing in at 8 lbs. 2 oz.
Release of her book, "Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home" by Laura and Lisa Ling. (2010)