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News North Korea arrests two South Korean nationals on espionage chargesDPRK says they were involved in wide array of spying activities, S. Korean government demands their release
North Korea claims it has arrested two South Korean spies in Dandong, a border city between China and the DPRK on March 26. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) identified the two men as Kim Kook-kie and Choi Chun-kil and claimed they were arrested for “committing espionage”. “They zealously took part in the anti-DPRK smear campaign of the U.S. imperialists and the puppet group of traitors to isolate and blockade the DPRK in (the) international arena by labeling it ‘a country printing counterfeit notes’ and ‘sponsor of terrorism’ while pulling it up over its ‘human rights issue’ the article reads. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |