
Unconverted long-term prisoner in S. Korea seeks repatriation
Ahn Hak-sop (C), an unconverted long-term prisoner who did not renounce his allegiance to North Korea for more than 42 years in a South Korean prison, speaks to a police officer near a bridge in the South Korean border city of Paju that leads to the truce village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, on Aug. 20, 2025, during a rally organized by a civic group advocating the 95-year-old's repatriation to the North. (Yonhap)
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