South Korean top court upholds ruling against man convicted for emailing North Korean spy
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}South Korean Army soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence near the border village of the Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Monday, May 20, 2103. North Korea fired short-range projectiles into its own eastern waters Monday for a third straight day, Seoul officials said. The North said it was bolstering deterrence against enemy attack. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (The Associated Press)
South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a ruling sentencing a man to a year and half in prison for exchanging emails with an alleged North Korean spy and praising Pyongyang on his website.
Spokesman Lee Hyun-bok said Tuesday the court cited the National Security Law in its ruling earlier this month against a 45-year-old South Korean identified only as Lee.
The law prohibits glorifying North Korea or contacting North Korean spies. Park could have received 10 years in prison.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The spokesman said the court deemed North Korea as a threat to South Korea. He provided no details about the alleged spy.
Lee's organization did not answer a call seeking comment.
Relations between Seoul and Pyongyang remain tense. They remain technically at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended with a truce.