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North Korea Sentences American To 6 Years Hard Labor

Ashley Yang |
September 15, 2014 | 2:38 p.m. PDT

Web Producer

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(yeowatzup, Creative Commons)
During a 90-minute show trial on Sunday, the North Korean Supreme Court sentenced American Matthew Miller to six years of hard labor for committing "hostile acts under the guise of a tourist," reported the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

Miller was taken into North Korean custody when he allegedly ripped up his tourist visa upon arriving in Pyongyang in April. 

Photos by the KCNA shows Miller looking pale in a black turtleneck, sitting in a courtroom flanked by uniformed soldiers. Before he was taken away in handcuffs at the end of the trial, the three-judge panel stated that it would not accept any appeals.

Miller is only the second American to be sentenced to hard labor. The first, Korean-American missionary Kenneth Bae is currently serving a 15-year sentence for "hostile acts to bring down the government." Another American in custody, Jeffrey Fowle is currently awaiting trial for proselytizing. 

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