April 24, 2024
Analysis

N. Korean ‘abduction manual’ leaked: Tokyo Shimbun

Manual's South Korean-style spellings raise questions, but may be part of acclimation process

Japan’s Tokyo Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday reported their findings on a North Korean internal document written in the late 1990s to educate North Korean agents on how to abduct foreign targets.

According to the newspaper, the 356-page North Korean document was credited to Kim Jong Il Social Foreign Intelligence Studies and was taught in the Kim Jong Il Political-Military University, one of the most secretive North Korean intelligence institutes.

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