Seoul charges five with spying for North Korea

Guardian Unlimited

"Five suspected North Korean agents were indicted in Seoul today in what South Korean prosecutors are calling the biggest espionage case in more than five years.

Investigators accused Chang Min-ho, a Korea-American businessman, of leading a spy ring that passed on secrets about a realignment of US forces on the peninsular, as well as profiles of hundreds of politicians.

The alleged ring's members include two senior officials in the leftwing Democratic Labour Party, which has a small presence in parliament." Read on....