A U.S. citizen detained in North Korea has been sentenced to 10 years of hard labor for the crime of espionage, the Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
Kim Dong-chul, a South Korea-born pastor from Fairfax, Virginia, admitted to spying for South Korea in January during an interview with CNN in Pyongyang.
A U.S. citizen detained in North Korea has been sentenced to 10 years of hard labor for the crime of espionage, the Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
Kim Dong-chul, a South Korea-born pastor from Fairfax, Virginia, admitted to spying for South Korea in January during an interview with CNN in Pyongyang.
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