North Korea sentences US student to 15 years hard labour: Report

 North Korea has sentenced an American student, who admitted to stealing propaganda material, to 15 years hard labour for crimes against the state, China`s official Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.

Seoul: North Korea has sentenced an American student, who admitted to stealing propaganda material, to 15 years hard labour for crimes against the state, China`s official Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.

The sentence was handed down by the country`s Supreme Court, Xinhua said in a brief despatch datelined Pyongyang.

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