DHAKA: North Korea has imprisoned a US man to 10 years of hard labour for spying.

 The sentenced man was identified as Kim Dong-chul, a 62-year-old naturalized US citizen born in South Korea, who was arrested last October, BBC reports on Friday (April 29).

Kim had made an apparent confession in Pyongyang last month in front of reporters, saying he was paid by South Korean intelligence officers.

North Korea has previously said Kim had a USB stick containing military and nuclear secrets on him when he was arrested in the special economic zone of Rason.

Kim, who used to live in Virginia, had said he was introduced to South Korean spies by US intelligence officers.

BDST: 1349 HRS, APR 29, 2016
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