The South Korean Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed prison sentences had been handed down on members of an allegedly pro-North Korean NGO for multiple violations of the National Security Act.

Three members of the group known as the Corean Alliance for Independent Reunification and Democracy (CAIRD), or more commonly as Corea Ryondae, were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment each.

“The accused…created the anti-South organization known as Corea Ryondae with the intention to praise, encourage, advertise or to agree with the activities of an anti-government organization or its members,” the court said. “…while having knowledge that such actions would endanger the