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South Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poem

2023-11-27 17:21
In the piece titled Means of Unification, the man hailed Pyongyang's socialist system.
South Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poem

A South Korean court has sentenced a 68-year-old man to 14 months in jail for praising the North in a poem.

Lee Yoon-seop advocated for unification in his piece that was published in the North's state media in 2016, South Korean media report.

He wrote that if the two Koreas were united under...