A South Korean pastor recently detained in Russia on espionage charges worked with North Korean escapees in the Far East city of Vladivostok, NK News confirmed on Tuesday.
Baek Kwang-soon served as the Russia representative for Global Love Rice Sharing Foundation and helped defectors in the city near the DPRK border, according to the South Korean religious charity.
A South Korean pastor recently detained in Russia on espionage charges worked with North Korean escapees in the Far East city of Vladivostok, NK News confirmed on Tuesday.
Baek Kwang-soon served as the Russia representative for Global Love Rice Sharing Foundation and helped defectors in the city near the DPRK border, according to the South Korean religious charity.
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