The families of two American journalists sentenced to 12 years in a North Korea labor camp have appealed for leniency.
The journalists' plight and North Korea's recent nuclear and missile tests have alarmed foreign governments.
But South Korea — the country that potentially has the most to lose from the tensions — is deeply divided about what to do about it.
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