#South_Korea #Globalpost Korea-American banned from leaving country for alleged pro-NK talk shows A Korean-American woman has been temporarily banned from leaving the country amid an investigation into her alleged pro-North Korean remarks during a series of talk shows, police said Thursday. The move comes after local conservative civic groups filed a complaint against Shin Eun-mi, 53, and Hwang Sun, the former deputy spokeswoman of the now-defunct Democratic Labor Party, with the police. During the talk shows where guests and the audience exchange views on a specific subject, the two women, as guests, allegedly made remarks sympathetic toward the communist regime and painted the North Korean regime in a positive light. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency probing the case said it banned Shin from leaving the country for 10 days as she had disobeyed an order to appear for questioning. Shin, who has published a book on her trip to North Korea, had reportedly planned to leave South Korea on Friday. Read More: globalpost/dispatch/news/yonhap-news-agency/141211/korea-american-banned-leaving-country-alleged-pro-nk-talk-sh
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:29:07 +0000
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