March 28, 2024
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South Korean spy arrested in Pyongyang, N. Korea claims

DPRK claims man was disguised as "religionist"

A South Korean spy has been apprehended in Pyongyang, the North Korean Ministry of State Security announced to the Korea Central News Agency on Thursday.

The man, who initially claimed to be a Chinese resident of North Korea, eventually confessed that he was a South Korean who had entered North Korea from a third country, the KCNA said, and had been disguising himself as a "religionist".

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