China Continues Imprisonment Of Journalist For Photographing Them Capturing North Korean Refugees For Repatriation To Prison State. Wife Wants China to Parole Jailed S. Korea Journalist SEOUL - A South Korean photo-journalist jailed last year in China while documenting a failed escape bid by North Korean refugees has exhausted all legal appeals and is pinning his hopes on parole, his wife said. Activists to help North Koreans flee to Japan and South Korea in fishing boats arrested Seok Jae-hyun in January 2003 in the port city of Yantai while covering an attempt. He received a two-year sentence for human trafficking in May and his appeal was rejected in December.... [Free North Korea!]
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