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After spending five months in prison, a South Korean pastor is finally free.<\/p>\n
CBN News has been following the case of Pastor Hyun-Bo Son. Last September, authorities imprisoned him on charges of violating election laws.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This week, the court released him after finding him guilty and handing down a 6-month suspended sentence.<\/p>\n
He was convicted of “electioneering in his sermons,” but he says he was only expressing his religious beliefs.<\/p>\n
At a press conference, Pastor Son said, “By God’s grace, I am grateful to be free.” He also thanked believers around the world for their prayers and support.<\/p>\n
U.S. Vice President JD Vance reportedly brought up the issue with South Korea’s prime minister.<\/p>\n
Pastor Son said he will appeal his conviction, stressing that the government should not interfere with a church’s worship and faith.\u00a0<\/p>\n
MORE DETAILS: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n From Pulpit to Prison: S. Korean Crackdown on Pastor Could Muzzle Religious Expression<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Support Grows for Imprisoned Korean Pastor After Son Speaks at Turning Point USA’s AMFEST<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n ***Please sign up for\u00a0CBN Newsletters\u00a0and download the\u00a0CBN News app\u00a0to ensure you receive the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After spending five months in prison, a South Korean pastor is finally free. CBN News has been following the case of Pastor Hyun-Bo Son. Last September, authorities imprisoned him on charges of violating election laws.\u00a0 This week, the court released him after finding him guilty and handing down a 6-month suspended sentence. He was convicted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3076,4619,5764,3275,983,242,2660,5763,5684],"class_list":["post-17945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jesus","tag-convicted","tag-crime","tag-finally","tag-korean","tag-pastor","tag-politics","tag-prison","tag-south","tag-talking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}