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

South Korea man jailed for writing poem praising North

Lee Yoon-seop, a 68-year-old man from South Korea, was sentenced to 14 months in jail Monday for writing a poem that praised North Korea and entering it into a competition organised by a North Korean propaganda website, according to the Yonhap News Agency. He was charged with breaching South Korea’s National Security Act which, under Article 7, bans praising, inciting or propagating activities of an antigovernment organization. The National Secu…

A South Korean man has been sentenced to one year and two months in prison for writing a poem praising North Korea in 2016 and for violating a law banning access to North Korean websites, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Monday.

US ally jails poet for praising North Korea

A South Korean man will spend 14 months in prison for a poem praising the socialist government in North Korea, local media has reported

South Korea jails 68-year-old man for poem praising North Korea: Report

The poem by Lee Yoon-seop advocated for unification and was published in North Korea's state media in 2016.

South Korean Man Gets 14-Month Jail Term Over Poem Praising North Korea

The man said in the poem that free housing, free medical care, and free education would be available if the two Koreas were unified in a North Korean-style socialist system.

SEOUL - A court in South Korea today sentenced a man (68) to 14 months in prison for glorifying North Korea in his song.