S. Korean man acquitted of praising North by retweets

GOING TOO FAR?: South Korea's top court acquitted a man accused of sympathising with North Korea by retweeting posts by its government, arguing his action poses little threat to national security. — Reuters

SEOUL: South Korea's top court on Thursday acquitted a man accused of sympathising with North Korea by retweeting posts by its government, arguing his action poses little threat to national security. 

Park Jeong-Geun, a 26-year-old photographer, was arrested and charged in 2012 of violating the National Security Law by retweeting posts by the North's official Twitter account.