28 March 2015

Editorial: North Korea Unmasks Spies in Televised Press Conference


By Steven Denney

The press conference is part of North Korea’s strategy to paint the outside world as a frightening place.

KCNA is reporting that two South Korean spies, Kim Kuk-gi and Choe Chun-gil, have been “unmasked and arrested while committing espionage.” Video, posted alongside the text, shows two men, both apparently not of North Korean descent, reading from a prepared script.
The two men confess to operating as spies for the United States and the South Korean “Intelligence Service,” North Korea’s way of referring (in English) to the National Intelligence Service (NIS).
Both men, according to KCNA, “gathered information about the DPRK’s party, state and military secrets by leaving no means untried under the manipulation and with the backing of the U.S. and the IS and made desperate efforts to spread bourgeois lifestyle and culture in the DPRK.” The second man, Choe Chung-gil, is seen wearing handcuffs and appears more rattled than the first speaker, Kim Kuk-gi. 

Read the full story at The Diplomat