China convicts, frees American held near N. Korea border: lawyer
Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2015 - China has convicted and released a Korean-American Christian aid worker arrested near its border with North Korea after holding him for nine months, his lawyer told AFP Monday. Peter Hahn, a North Korean-born US citizen, was detained late last year in a Chinese border city where he had founded a Christian charity providing aid to North Korea. Authorities released Hahn on August 17, after ... more

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