SEOUL (Reuters) - An American lost his appeal on Wednesday against a 20-year jail term for the murder of a Korean student stabbed in a burger bar 20 years ago, a case that sparked huge hostility towards U.S. military bases in South Korea.
Arthur John Patterson, 17 at the time of the 1997 murder, and his friend, Edward Lee, also a U.S. citizen, were both suspects in the murder of Cho Joong-pil, 22, at a Burger King restaurant in the Seoul night life district of Itaewon.
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