Four teachers received suspended jail terms Friday after a Seoul court found them guilty of engaging in pro-North Korea activities.
The four, who are part of a progressive teachers' union, were indicted in February 2013 on charges of holding two lectures endorsing North Korean ideals from January 2008 to May 2009. The lectures, prosecutors said, took place in front of prospective teachers and fellow members of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union, the country's second-largest teachers' union.