Man Arrested for Contacting N. Korean Spy
The prosecution has arrested a man who contacted a North Korean spy for violating the national security law.
According to prosecutors, Friday, the man, identified only as Kim, 45, contacted a North Korean agent in Indonesia and handed over a friend’s South Korean passport and other secret information over the past three years.
The man, who once served as a marine, moved to Jakarta in 1993 and worked for an inter-Korean joint-venture company and got to know the spy in 1997.
He also offered access information for a number of veterans’ Web sites and e-mailed news articles on the inter-Korean summit.
It is illegal for South Koreans to contact North Koreans without government approval under the anti-communist National Security Law and those who benefit the North are subject to punishment.