South Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poem

that's certainly how to sound secure in your government and not fascist or totalitarian at all

South Korea’s National Security Act outlaws the praise and promotion of “anti-government” organisations.

Yikes. I'm not a fan of North Korea and I can get it if there's some desire to prevent a fascist movement growing in SK, but this seems waaaay too broad.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A South Korean court has sentenced a 68-year-old man to 14 months in jail for praising the North in a poem.

He wrote that if the two Koreas were united under Pyongyang's socialist system, people would get free housing, healthcare and education.

He was convicted under a law that prohibits public praise of North Korea.

Lee had been jailed for 10 months in the past for a similar offence, The Korea Herald reported.

In its ruling on Monday, a Seoul court said he "continued to generate and disseminate a considerable amount of propaganda that glorified and praised the North", the Korea Herald said.

South Korea's National Security Act outlaws the praise and promotion of "anti-government" organisations.

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