双语新闻：韩国基督教传教士金庭旭“承认”在朝鲜从事间谍活动 South Korean Missionary 'Confesses' to Spying in Pyongyang

韩国基督教传教士金庭旭星期四承认依照首尔的指示，企图推翻朝鲜政府。

金庭旭是遭到朝鲜当局拘押的至少第三名基督教福音传教士，朝鲜当局把未经授权的宗教工作者视为间谍。

金庭旭是在平壤举行的一次记者会上做出上述表示的。他说，去年10月被逮捕时，他身上带有圣经和其他宗教材料。

韩国没有对这一事件发表评论。但针对金庭旭的指控存在疑问，因为朝鲜当局经常要求被拘押的外国人宣读供词来增加自己获释的机会。

平壤去年11月说，逮捕了一名韩国间谍。首尔对此予以否认。后来，才知道被拘押的是50岁的浸礼会传教士金庭旭。

A South Korean Christian missionary confessed Thursday to trying to overthrow the North Korean government at the behest of Seoul.

Kim Jung Wook is at least the third Christian evangelist being detained by North Korea, which views unauthorized religious workers as spies.

His comments came during a news conference in Pyongyang, where he said he was arrested in October with Bibles and other religious material.

South Korea has not commented on the case. But Kim's accusations were in question, as North Korea often requires foreign detainees to read confessions to improve their chances of being freed.

Pyongyang said in November it had arrested what it called a South Korean spy. Seoul then denied the charges. Only later did it become clear the detainee was the 50-year-old Baptist missionary.