November 22nd, 2012 at 3:10 am » Comments (1)

I understand why South Korea has the National Security Law, but I think going after Twitter users is probably a bit extreme: A South Korean man has received a suspended 10-month prison term for retweeting North Korean propaganda posts. The Suwon District Court cited the National Security Law in its ruling Wednesday against Park Jeong-geun. The law prohibits praising and glorifying North Korea. Park could have received seven years in prison. The court says it suspended the prison term partly because Park promised not to repeat his act. It says
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