S. Korea Jails Professor for Spying for N. Korea
From Reuters
SEOUL, South Korea —
A university professor was jailed for 15 years Saturday for spying for North Korea and trying to incite revolution in South Korea, court officials said.
Lee Pyong Sol, 48, a geography professor at Seoul’s state-run National University, was convicted of giving North Korea vital information about political, social and military affairs and inciting radical students and workers to stage violent anti-government protests, the officials said.
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