http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8015730.stmUS women 'face North Korea trial'
It is thought that the women were researching North Korean refugees
Two US journalists arrested by North Korea near its border with China are to face trial, North Korea's state news agency has reported.
Euna Lee, a Korean-American, and Laura Ling, a Chinese-American, who work for Current TV, were detained on 17 March.
Pyongyang's KCNA news agency said the North had decided to charge the women after completing an investigation into their "crimes".
The North says the two women illegally crossed the border from China.
"Our related agency has decided to turn the US reporters over for trial based on findings of their crimes," KCNA reported.
The Associated Press says that the women could face up to five years in prison if convicted of espionage.
North Korea has angered the international community in recent weeks after launching a rocket which many other nations believed was a missile test.
Pyongyang said the rocket was carrying a communication.