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| In this Feb. 15, 2021 file photo, a protester holds up a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup at in front of the Central Bank of Myanmar in Yangon. AFP-Yonhap |
Korea expressed grave concern Tuesday over Myanmar's latest sentencing of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, reiterating its call for a peaceful resolution of the crisis in the Southeast Asian nation.
Suu Kyi was handed a seven-year jail term, convicted of corruption, on Friday in the last of a slew of trials in a junta court that local rights groups have claimed were a sham. She has been sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison.
Lim Soo-suk, spokesperson of Seoul's foreign ministry, said in a regular press briefing the government expresses "grave concern over the latest trial result of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi."
Korea again urged a peaceful resolution of the Myanmar crisis and restoration of democracy in the country. (Yonhap)
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