May 04, 2024
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Was defector-turned-spy a trained saboteur or maladjusted refugee?

Hankyoreh investigation casts doubt on prosecution’s claims about motivations

SEOUL – Questions have emerged as to whether a notorious espionage case involved a trained spy or a maladjusted North Korean trying to return to her home.

South Korea’s Hankyoreh newspaper published an exclusive on Saturday about Won Jeong-hwa, a defector convicted of espionage for North Korea in 2008.

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