Pro-North lawmaker gets 9 years for inciting rebellion

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Pro-North lawmaker gets 9 years for inciting rebellion

Supreme Court upholds decision on lawmaker for disbanded party in its final ruling,

Subin Kim January 23, 2015

Pro-North lawmaker gets 9 years for inciting rebellion

South Korea's United Progressive party legislator Lee Seok-Ki shouts as he is taken away on allegations he plotted a pro-North rebellion - dom brassey draws comics - Creative Commons

SEOUL — A pro-North ex-lawmaker had his nine-year sentence for inciting rebellion upheld by the South Korean Supreme Court on Thursday.

In the final ruling the court upheld the original sentence for former United Progressive Party lawmaker Lee Seok-ki on charges of inciting rebellion and praising the North.

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Subin Kim is an NK News contributor based in Seoul, South Korea. He translated Lankov's The Real North Korea into Korean and is a reserve air defense artillery lieutenant in the Republic of Korea Air Force.

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