Headaches and Cigarettes: Conviction of Pyongyang Spies Reveals Their Playbook of Codes, Signals

By Kazuki Koike / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent
15:47 JST,
May 18, 2025
SEOUL — Last November, South Korea’s Suwon District Court sentenced three men to between five and 15 years in prison for spying in South Korea under the instructions of the North Korean intelligence agency. They were members of a spy network formed secretly in South Korea.
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