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Robert Lauler
Robert Lauler has worked as an NGO employee, translator and writer during his time in Korea. He is now an NK News correspondent based in Seoul.
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News Defector sentenced to three years for espionageLengthy interrogation period prompts concern among N. Korea watchers A female North Korean defector has been sentenced to three years for espionage after using drugs to beat a lie detector test, South Korean media reported Wednesday. The 39-year-old woman was reportedly recruited by North Korea’s State Security Department to report on a defector conducting anti-North Korean regime activities in South Korea. She was said to have entered South Korea last January through China and Thailand posing as a defector. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |