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5 South Koreans Indicted For Spying For North Korea

Five South Koreans were indicted earlier this week for allegedly spying for North Korea, according to the Associated Press.

The five civilians — which included a former parliamentary aide — reportedly gave military secrets and other sensitive information to North Korea starting in the early 1990s, according to prosecutors.

Sensitive information included satellite photos of military bases, information on South Korean politicians as well as U.S. military manuals.

The JoongAng Daily reported that the alleged ringleader is Kim Duk-yong, a 48-year-old IT company president. According to prosecutors, Kim was brought to meet North Korean founder Kim Il Sung in August 1993, when he received direct orders to “found a leading group for the revolutionizing of South Korea.”

The businessman was a member of “Jusapa,” a group of South Koreans that supported Kim Il Sung’s juche (self-reliance) ideology from the mid-1980s.

Paperwork obtained by the investigators has shown that the businessman was given the code name Gwandokbong (a fictional mountain peak) after meeting Kim Il Sung.

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