The spy who came in from the North wants to go home

In a photo taken August 22, 2017, former North Korean spy Seo Ok-Ryol sits for an interview in the hokme of a friend in Gwangju.The spy was condemned to death twice and spent three decades in prison, most of it in solitary confinement. Now aged 90, the only thing Seo Ok-Ryol wants to do before he dies is go home -- to North Korea. / AFP PHOTO / Ed JONES / TO GO WITH SKorea-NKorea-espionage-crime-diplomacy,FEATURE by Park Chan-Kyong

Gwangju: Condemned to death twice for spying, Seo Ok-Ryol (pic) spent three decades in prison, most of it in solitary confinement.

Now aged 90, the only thing he wants to do before he dies is go home – to North Korea.