S. KOREAN PHOTOGRAPHER RETURNS HOME FROM CHINESE JAIL [RFA]
SEOUL—A South Korean photographer jailed in China for trying to record a failed escape by North Koreans returned home Friday urging South Koreans renew their efforts to aid desperate North Korean refugees. Seok Jae-hyun said he wasn’t told of his release until 10 a.m. Friday. Seven hours later, he was back in Seoul. Seok spent 14 months in jail following his arrest in January 2003 in the Chinese port city of Yantai while reporting on North Koreans trying to flee to Japan and South Korea in fishing boats. [more]
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