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Last Friday(5.18) KCTU issued the following statement: "On May 21, our ex-president Han Sang-gyun will be freed on parole, after serving 2 years, 5 months and 12 days in prison on charge stemming from protesting the corrupt Park Geun-hye gov't. The new gov't under President Moon Jae-in, which was elected from the ‘candlelight movement’, spent one year and 12 days before it decided on the parole, at the time when Han has only 6 months and 20 days left to serve. In that sense, it is hard for us to express a simple ‘welcome’ on the news..."

Today at ten o'clock in the morning(KST) comrade Han Sang-gyun was able to leave the prison in Hwaseong(south of Seoul). He was greeted by more than hundred workers and citizens, who joined a welcoming ceremony, organized by KCTU...

Here're just some impressions, photographed(&commented) by Chong Hye-won...

Related, more detailed reports(in Korean) you'll get here, here, here and here.

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