South Korea: A man who praised the North in a poem received a 14-month prison term

 South Korea: A man who praised the North in a poem received a 14-month prison term

A 68-year-old man was given a 14-month jail term by a South Korean court for glorifying the North in a poem.

In a 2016 piece published in the North's official media, Lee Yun-seop reportedly promoted unification, according to claims from South Korean media.

He said that citizens would get free housing, healthcare, and education if Pyongyang's communist government unified the two Koreas.

A statute that forbids praising North Korea in public was the basis for his conviction.

Lee also made the case that in a unified Korea, fewer individuals would commit suicide or continue to be in debt in an essay titled Means of Unification.

One of the poems that won a poetry competition in the North in November 2016 was this one.

North Korea has canceled all military cooperation with South Korea, and its prisoners of war are preparing to flee.

competition between flagpoles: The 'petty' aspect of Korean relations According to The Korea Herald, Lee had served a 10-month sentence in prison for a comparable offense.

He "continued to publish as well as broadcast a considerable amount of propaganda glorifying and praising the North," according to a Seoul court's verdict on Monday, according to the Korea Herald.

In 2013, he wrote praises for North Korea's military online. The following years, he wrote anti-state articles on blogs and websites in South Korea.

The National Security Act of South Korea forbids endorsing and advancing "anti-government" groups.