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An American reporter named Aijalon Mahli Gomes, from Boston, was sentenced to 8 years of hard labor, by North Korea. Mr. Gomes reportedly crossed the border rom hia on January 25. He worked as a teacher in South Korea as an english teacher. Gomes, described by colleagues as a devout Christian, was also fined 70 million won ($700,000; £460,000 at the official exchange rate). It is not clear why he entered North Korea. Analysts say that he will not serve the entire sentence and will probably be realsed as a goodwill gesture to the US. "The North is not going to hold him for eight years," Professor Kim Yong-Hyun of Seoul's Dongguk University told the AFP news agency."It is likely to suspend the implementation of the sentence and expel him as a goodwill gesture toward the United States." Gomes was the fourth American citizen to be accused of entering the country in the past year. In February, North Korea freed Robert Park, who had entered the country from China by walking over a frozen river. Last year two US journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, were also arrested by North Korea on the border with China. They were sentenced to 12 years' hard labour but freed in August after four months in captivity, as part of a diplomatic mission spearheaded by former US President Bill Clinton.

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BBC: [] The Times of India: []

Both sources covered the source very well. The times of India talkd more about Gomes and how the US and North Korea don't have diplomatic relations at this time. BBC included the exact exchang rate of Korean Won to te US Dollar and the British Pound. Other wise both article covered iot really well.

In my opion I think that North Korea has the right to keep gomezs on prison for 8 years as he illegally entered the country.I don't think that he should have to do 8 years of hard labour though. I also don't understand why he crossed the border anyway. I think that fined 700,00 dollars is okay because he shouldn't have entered the country in the first place. All in all it was a very interesting article.