* This is part two of a two-part series: part one can be found here.

* As Ha (alias) is still serving in the ROK military, he agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity.

As of September 28, 12 days since the counter-DPRK operation began, 11 North Korean agents had been found dead, 11 had been killed by the ROK forces, and one had been arrested, which left only three more.

But it was these three that would be the most troublesome, veterans say.

“I could hear them coming,” Ha, who at the time was Republic of Korea Army