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Jee-yeon Shin
Shin Jeeyeon is an NK News contributor based in Seoul. She studied an MA in Political Science at Sogang University and an MA in Chinese at Korea University.
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News Was defector-turned-spy a trained saboteur or maladjusted refugee?Hankyoreh investigation casts doubt on prosecution’s claims about motivations SEOUL – Questions have emerged as to whether a notorious espionage case involved a trained spy or a maladjusted North Korean trying to return to her home. South Korea’s Hankyoreh newspaper published an exclusive on Saturday about Won Jeong-hwa, a defector convicted of espionage for North Korea in 2008. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |