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[Rick Halperin]

April 22


SOUTH KOREA:

South Korea considers revising some provisions on death penalty


South Korea's justice minister said Sunday his ministry is considering
revising some provisions on capital punishment.

"Before making a decision on whether to abolish the death penalty, we are
considering where there are some provisions that need to be scrapped,"
Justice Minister Kim Seong-ho said in an interview with the Seoul Shinmun,
a local newspaper.

(source: Yonhap News)