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2016-04-11 China-Japan-Koreas

[CNN] A top intelligence officer with the North Korean military has defected to South Korea, according to South Korean officials. South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun and Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee said that the defector was a senior colonel with the North Korean Reconnaissance General Bureau.

Speaking in separate press conferences, the ministry spokesmen confirmed that reports on the defection by South Korea's Yonhap News Agency were accurate, but they could give no further details.

North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau is the agency responsible for handling clandestine operations, including espionage against foreign countries and cyber-warfare operations.

Last week, 13 North Koreans who had been working at a Pyongyang-owned restaurant in an unnamed Asian country defected to South Korea. They said they had defected after "feeling pressure from North Korean authorities" to send foreign currency back to their homeland.

Posted by ryuge 2016-04-11 05:49|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 Defector: I have information on the true extent of the NK nuclear program, including high level cooperation with Iran.

Champ: Send him back.

Posted by Iblis 2016-04-11 11:34|| 2016-04-11 11:34|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm guessing the defector didn't have a large family. Or at least doesn't have one now.

Posted by BigJonC 2016-04-11 13:33|| 2016-04-11 13:33|| Front Page Top

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