Off the wire
• Jamaican gov't website hacked by IS supporters  • Hyundai Motor launches fifth factory in China  • China says South China Sea not an issue with U.S.  • Japan's ruling LDP plans leadership election on Sept. 20 report  • Urgent: Two SKorean detainees sentenced to life imprisonment in DPRK  • Synthetic drugs on the rise in China  • Atletico add life to Spanish transfer market  • Three Spanish mountaineers die in avalanche in Kyrgyzstan  • Senior citizens growing part of New Zealand economy  • Roundup: HK stocks close 0.93 pct higher  
You are here: 　 Home

1st LD: Two SKorean detainees sentenced to life imprisonment in DPRK

Xinhua, June 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Two South Koreans detained in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have been sentenced to life imprisonment, official media reported Tuesday.

DPRK authorities claim that Kim Guk-gi and Choe Chun-gil are spies sent by South Korea's National Intelligence Service into the DPRK to pry into the country's state and military secrets.

The state-run Korean Central Television said the supreme court has declared Kim and Choe guilty of anti-DPRK espionage activities under the manipulation of the U.S. and South Korean authorities.

They were sentenced to lifetime hard labor, according to the report. Endi