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A woman who allegedly posed as a North Korean defector to spy for Pyongyang was given W1 billion (US$1=W1,129) in support by her stepfather, who has also been arrested for spying after investigators found evidence at his home implicating him. Investigators say Kim Dong-sun (63) gave W1 billion worth of goods to the woman, Won Jeong-hwa (34), which allowed her to support her activities during her time in the South.
A joint investigative team of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, Gyeonggi police, Defense Security Command and the National Intelligence Service on Thursday said they found in Kim¡¯s house a membership card of the North Korean Workers¡¯ Party, a shortwave radio, a family picture of the North¡¯s no. 2 leader Kim Yong-nam, and documents on Hwang Jang-yop, the highest-ranking North Korean official to have defected to the South. Kim was arrested on Thursday.
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A membership card of the North Korean Workers¡¯ Party, left, and a short-wave radio, confiscated from Kim Dong-sun (63), the stepfather of alleged North Korean spy Won Jeong-hwa (34). /Pictures courtesy of the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office.
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Kim allegedly gave Won agricultural and fishery products from North Korea worth W970 million and some 40 works by North Korean artists worth US$6,500 between December 2003 and January 2006. Investigators say Won financed her spying activities from selling the goods.
Kim came to the South via Cambodia in December 2006. It appears Kim got hold of a fake South Koran passport in return for handing over information about the North Korean military to a South Korean intelligence agent. Won told investigators she was raped several times by Kim when she was young. According to an investigator, Won nurses ambivalent feelings toward her stepfather, who denies the rape charge.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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