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Police Investigating North Korean Defector for Aiding Pyongyang’s Secret Police

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An elderly North Korean defector is being investigated by South Korean police for allegedly leaking information about other escapees to Pyongyang’s brutal secret police, a rare case of authorities accusing a defector of working with the DPRK regime to accomplish its goals. The Ulsan Metropolitan Police told NK News on Monday that it is looking […]

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Police investigating North Korean defector for aiding Pyongyang’s secret police

An elderly North Korean defector is being investigated by South Korean police for allegedly leaking information about other escapees to Pyongyang’s brutal secret police, a rare case of authorities accusing a defector of working with the DPRK regime to accomplish its goals. The Ulsan Metropolitan Police told NK News on Monday that it is looking […]

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Defector accused of giving North locations of others in South

Police are investigating a North Korean defector for allegedly sharing the locations of fellow defectors in South Korea with North Korean authorities.

·Seoul, Korea, Republic of
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NK News broke the news in Seoul, Korea, Republic of on Monday, August 4, 2025.
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