(CNN) -- The two U.S. journalists released from North Korea last month after five months in captivity said "the psychological wounds of imprisonment are slow to heal." Freed U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee said they spent less than a minute on North Korean soil. In a column posted on the Los Angeles Times Web site Tuesday night, Laura Ling and Euna Lee also said they were seized by North Korean soldiers on Chinese soil. They raised suspicions about their guide and wondered if they had been "lured into a trap." "We didn't spend more than a minute on North Korean soil before turning back, but it is a minute we deeply regret," they said.
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Laura Ling and Euna Lee were arrested after stepping into North Korea
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Journalists were reporting on North Korean defections to China, human trafficking
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"We didn't spend more than a minute on North Korean soil," they wrote
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In retrospect, they raise questions about guide's involvement in capture
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