Former CIA analyst Sue Mi Terry indicted on charges of secretly working for South Korea
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Ex-US intelligence official accused of spying for South Korea in return for luxury bribes
In return, the South Korean intelligence officers allegedly provided Terry with Bottega Veneta and Louis Vuitton handbags, a Dolce & Gabbana coat, dinners at Michelin-starred sushi restaurants, and more than US$37,000 in “covert” funding for a public policy programme on Korean affairs that she ran.
North Korea forced labor system widespread, U.N. report says
SEOUL -- North Korea conscripts much of its citizenry into a system of forced labor in which they endure harsh, dangerous conditions and are vulnerable to various forms of abuse, according to a United Nations report.
North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South Korea in November
SEOUL (AP) -- South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday that a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest defection by members of the North's ruling elite that likely hurt leader Kim Jong Un's push to bolster his leadership.
Defector’s testimony offers ‘sickening’ glimpse of North Korea’s violent purges
In an interview with the South’s Chosun newspaper, the 52-year-old described the firing-squad execution in February 2019 of Han Song-ryol, a former foreign vice-minister in charge of American affairs.
