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Update: Checkout Richardson’s analysis at DPRK Studies. The arrests may be a less than subtle warning to the North Korean population that liberalisation only goes so far…
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Xinhua has reported that North Korea has arrested several foreigners for spying on North Korea’s military and for trying to spread democratic ideals. According to AFP:
A spokesman for North Korea’s National Security Service told reporters in Pyongyang that the unspecified number of foreigners were caught as they were conducting espionage activities, according to Xinhua. Several North Korean nationals were also arrested for helping the alleged spies, Xinhua cited the spokesman, Li Su-Gil, as saying.
Now this will throw the spanner in the works if those arrested turn out to be from the South, the US or Japan… But then again, nothing like a bit of a Cold War spy drama to spice up a boring news day… I’m on the edge of my seat!
4 responses so far ↓
1 Kimmi // Sep 5, 2007 at 8:21 pm
They are Japanese! That is how the kidnapping issue will be solved.
2 Yukkio // Sep 5, 2007 at 8:27 pm
No. They are Korean born American citizens. Probably trying to help people leave North Korea.
3 BC // Sep 5, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Your poll is way off. So are your comments. There was only one foreigner. It was a plumpish German businessman named Gunther.
4 North Korean spys were Christians | korean unification studies // Nov 9, 2007 at 8:18 pm
[...] noted in an earlier post, North Korean spokesperson Li Su Gil announced the arrests at a press conference in Pyongyang on 5 [...]
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