Breaking News: N. Korea gives Korean-American 10 years hard labour: Xinhua

SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) — North Korea has jailed a detained Korean-American for 10 years after he was found guilty of subversion and espionage, China’s official Xinhua news agency said Friday.

In a brief dispatch from Pyongyang, Xinhua said Kim Dong-Chul, who was arrested on espionage charges in October last year, was sentenced to 10 years with hard labour.

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