A South Korean man was sentenced to five years in prison in Seoul for spying for North Korea. He was found to have received orders from a North Korean agent through Telegram in 2021 to gather information on anti-Pyongyang defectors and their activities. The Seoul Central District Court said such information must be protected because it could be used to harm defectors or their families. The man had also previously received a four-year prison sentence from the Supreme Court last year for leaking military secrets at North Korea’s request.
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A South Korean man has been sentenced to five years in prison for spying for North Korea, officials said Saturday.
The 43-year-old man, whose identity was withheld, was found to have received an order from a North Korean agent via the messaging app Telegram in May-June of 2021 to collect information about anti-Pyongyang defectors from North Korea and their activities.
Around that time, the man took about 660 million won ($479,346) worth of virtual currency from the North Korean agent as funds for operating cryptocurrency investments.
