Saturday, July 2, 2011

SK citizen jailed for praising DPRK -KCNA

SK citizen jailed for praising DPRK


Pyongyang, July 1 (KCNA) -- The Chongju District Court of south Korea on June 28 sentenced a citizen who posted an article praising the DPRK on Internet to eight months in prison on charges of the violation of the "National Security Law", according to Yonhap News.

The citizen posted articles praising and lauding the stand of the DPRK on the "Cheonan" warship case on Internet from July 2009 to March this year. The court branded it as an "enemy-benefiting act."