Activists Kim Ah-hyun, left, and Kim Dong-hyeon, who had been detained by the Israeli government, speak to reporters upon their arrival in Korea at Incheon International Airport on May 22. [NEWS1]
Activist Kim Ah-hyun failed to overturn a court decision that invalidated her passport after she attempted to enter the travel-restricted region of Gaza.
Kim was recently released by Israeli forces after being seized aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters off the Gaza Strip — which is currently a travel-restricted area for Koreans — on May 19, which was her second attempt to enter the region. She was released the following day, alongside another Korean activist, Kim Dong-hyeon, whose ship was intercepted near Cyprus, a day before Kim Ah-hyun was seized. The two entered Korea on Friday.
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Kim Ah-hyun's passport was invalidated after her first attempt to sail to Gaza aboard a humanitarian flotilla protesting the blockade of the territory in October last year. She was arrested by the Israeli military, detained in a local prison and released two days later.
