A North Korean defector who attempted to re-enter South Korea after returning to the North last year has been arrested on suspicion of violating the National Security Act, South Korean law enforcement agencies confirmed to NK News on Friday.

“[The defector] has been detained and sent to the prosecution as of July 14 on charges of espionage,” an official at the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office who wished to remain anonymous told NK News.

Following an investigation by the Gangwon Provincial Police Agency, police arrested a man identified as Kang Cheol Woo on June 24 at Incheon International Airport, the