S. Korean resident in Japan gets death sentence reversed in Seoul

S. Korean resident in Japan gets death sentence reversed in Seoul

Lee Chul, a South Korean resident in Japan, is found innocent in a retrial by the Central Court in Seoul on Feb. 9, 2015, after spending time in prison as a death row inmate between 1975 and 1988 on charges of spying for North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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