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North Korean spies infiltrated UN agencies

According to a draft version of Panel of Experts report, DPRK intelligence operatives worked at UNESCO, WFP

Members of North Korea’s primary intelligence agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), infiltrated the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), a draft copy of the UN Panel of Experts report reveals.

According to the report, the French Ministry of Economy and Finance ordered the asset freezing of two North Korean nationals, Kim Yong Nam and Kim Su Gwang.

“Mr. Kim Yong Nam was a Reconnaissance General Bureau officer operating under the cover of a contract as an employee at the headquarters of … UNESCO in Paris and Mr. Kim Su Gwang was