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The World - News from June 1, 1989

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South Korean prosecutors indicted a dissident priest for breaching national security laws by making a 10-day unauthorized visit to Communist North Korea. The Rev. Moon Ik Hwan is charged with entering a region controlled by an “anti-state group” and supporting North Korea’s aggressive policies against the south. Moon’s alleged offenses could theoretically incur the death penalty. The 71-year-old Presbyterian pastor publicly backed North Korean leader Kim Il Sung’s proposal for a confederation of the two states pending total reunification. Seoul says it is committed to detente with the north, but that all contacts must occur through official channels.

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