Spies, protests and Fukushima: inside North Korea’s plot to sow South Korea-Japan discord
Disguised as trade unionists, the agents orchestrated boycotts and exploited protests to incite anti-Japanese sentiment and sabotage the fragile alliance between Tokyo and Seoul, transcripts from a South Korean court case have revealed.
The espionage ring’s anti-Japanese activities came to light after the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun requested court documents detailing the agents’ orders. The records revealed that the group had received 89 directives from their North Korean handlers and submitted 13 detailed reports on their operations. Among their instructions was the order: “stir anti-Japanese public opinion and drive the confrontation between Japan and South Korea into an irreversible situation”.
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