South Korean gets 3 years in prison for ‘lobbying’ North Korea with over $450K

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South Korean gets 3 years in prison for ‘lobbying’ North Korea with over $450K

Court says An Bu-soo sent money to Pyongyang in effort to bring DPRK beer and cold noodles to South

Jeongmin Kim May 24, 2023

South Korean gets 3 years in prison for ‘lobbying’ North Korea with over $450K

An Bu-soo in North Korea Aug. 2018 meeting North Korea counterparts such as Kim Song Hye (L) and Pak Chol (R) of the United Front Department | Image: An Bu-soo's Facebook

A South Korean court has found an ROK national guilty of collaborating with a high-profile businessman to illegally send money to North Korea and embezzle government and donor funds, sentencing the man to more than three years in prison.

An Bu-soo, chairman of the Asia-Pacific Peace Exchange Association (APIA), was indicted earlier this year on charges of conspiring with former Ssangbangwool (SBW) Group Chairman Kim Sung-tae to send hundreds of thousands of dollars to the DPRK.

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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