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North Korea says it has sentenced an American citizen to 15 years of hard labor1 after finding him guilty of committing what it says are "hostile acts" against the state.
The official Korean Central News Agency said Thursday that Pae Jun-ho, known as Kenneth Bae in the United States, was convicted by the country's supreme2 court Tuesday.
North Korea previously3 said he confessed to committing crimes aimed at overthrowing4 the government. But it has not specified5 the exact nature of those alleged6 crimes.
The 44-year-old was arrested in November in the northeastern port city of Rason, which lies in a special economic zone near the border with Russia and China.
VOA has learned that Bae was a Korean-American tour operator who may have been arrested after being found with a computer that carried sensitive or controversial information.
Earlier this week, the U.S. State Department called for North Korea to release Bae on humanitarian7 grounds, saying the welfare of American citizens is a "critical and top priority."
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1 labor | |
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦 | |
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2 supreme | |
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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adv.以前,先前(地) | |
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4 overthrowing | |
v.打倒,推翻( overthrow的现在分词 );使终止 | |
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a.被指控的,嫌疑的 | |
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7 humanitarian | |
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者 | |
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