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Ha-young Choi
Ha-young Choi was an NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She studied Korean history, mainly focusing on modern Korean history at Korea University. Follow her on twitter @Hy_Choi0826
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News S.Korean opposition party proposes NIS reformsThe Minjoo Party pledges to remove NIS from issues relating to domestic politics South Korea’s main opposition Minjoo Party unveiled an election pledge on Monday, promising to reform the country's National Intelligence Service (NIS). The pledge involves revising the nation's anti-terrorism law, abolishing the NIS’s authority to gather domestic intelligence and, in the long term, replacing the NIS with the tentatively named "Overseas Intelligence Service," focusing on North Korea and foreign intelligence. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |