2023-11-28 09:28:29
KA South Korean court has sentenced a 68-year-old man to 14 years in prison for praising North Korea and speaking for Korean unity. The poem, which prompted court intervention, was published in North Korean state media in 2016. In the poem, Lee Eun-seop advocated for the unification of the two Koreas, South Korean media reported. He wrote that if the two Koreas were united under Pyongyang’s socialist system, people would have free homes, health care and education. Public praise of North Korea is prohibited by law in South Korea. BBC reported that he was sentenced according to this law.
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Lee also wrote, titled ‘Means of Unification’, that in a unified Korea, few people would commit suicide or live in debt. Poet Lee, 68, was one of the winners of a poetry competition held in North Korea in November 2016. Lee previously served 10 months in prison for a similar offense, the Korea Herald reported. The Korea Herald reported that the Seoul court observed that “Lee, who glorifies and praises North Korea, continues to promote and promote it in a big way.”
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In 2013, he posted comments online praising North Korea’s military, and in subsequent years shared anti-national content on South Korean blogs and websites, the report said. Under South Korea’s national security law, praising and promoting anti-government organizations is illegal. In 1945, the Korean peninsula was divided into two countries, South Korea and North Korea. North Korea became another military state on China’s side while South Korea sided with the US.
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Last Updated Nov 28, 2023, 2:58 PM IST
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