South Korean American pastor Kim Dong-chul, who was freed from North Korea last year after about 2 1/2 years in detention, said he had been spying for Seoul and Washington. AsiaNewsNetwork
Kim said US intelligence asked him to work as an “antenna” in the country and provide detailed information on the North Korean military and nuclear program.
“The CIA detected a suspicious vessel at the Rajin port through satellite imagery … and asked me to take very close-up photos of it and figured out what it was being used for. … I delivered that information just before ,” he was quoted as saying by NK News. Kim said he was subjected to beatings and other forms of torture that left parts of his body paralyzed, and he tried a few times to take his own life.
NK News said the US State Department, CIA and South Korea’s National Intelligence Service did not respond to requests for comments on what Kim said.
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