South Korean court finds blogger guilty of blogging positively about North Korea

The Seoul Western District Court on January 21 found a 73-year-old, South Korean journalist guilty of blogging positively about North Korea and handed him a one-year suspended prison sentence, according to news reports. The court acquitted the journalist, identified only by his surname Lee in the South Korean media to protect his privacy, on charges related to following Pyongyang’s official Twitter account.