A Korean businessman and ex-ROK Marine has been arrested for leaking info to a North Korean spy in Indonesia:
A SOUTH Korean businessman was arrested on Friday for allegedly leaking information to a North Korean spy based in Indonesia, prosecutors said.
The man, identified only as Kim, allegedly handed over a South Korean passport belonging to a friend, detailed South Korean maps and other sensitive information to the agent between 2005 and 2008.
Kim is also accused of helping the agent, identified only as Jang, gain access to Seoul veterans’ websites by providing his own log-in ID.
Kim also mailed Jang news articles on inter-Korean relations and the North Korean nuclear issue.
You know, if I was going to screw up my life for violating the National Security Law, I’d want to do it passing on something the North couldn’t get by opening up Google Maps or Chosun.com.
(HT to reader)
{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }
Kim, Robert,
Kim, xxx xxx
Kim, Jongil
Kim, Daejung
Kim, Yongsam
Kim, Chorong Christina
Kim, Yooshin
not that good.
Off topic – Marmot plague in the Alps.
Wonder if treason is still a capital offense by firing squad in S.K.
One of the things I’m worried about living here in South Korea is just like that….
If duzzint take a blaga to say it then I don’t know how.
“ex-marine’..like anyone gives a shit..wake the fuck up! FUCK THE ROK AND US MILITARY TRASH!
Interesting thing: the Straits Times article says this happened betweem 2005-2007, but the KTimes puts it differently:
This is the sentence that caught my interest. Assuming the KTimes has its dates right, Before Kim Dae-jung, were there really inter-Korean joint-ventures companies in Indonesia??
Anyone got any more leads on this? Why is it that often the most interesting facts are just casually refered to as background, but never fully explored?
You must log in to post a comment.