A South Korean missionary has received a life sentence of hard labor for the crimes of espionage and setting up an underground church.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency said that prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Kim Jeong-wook, but the agency said that a life sentence was issued after Kim “sincerely repented.”
A South Korean missionary has received a life sentence of hard labor for the crimes of espionage and setting up an underground church.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency said that prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Kim Jeong-wook, but the agency said that a life sentence was issued after Kim “sincerely repented.”
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