Duo arrested for spying for North Korea


Seoul: Two South Koreans, including a serving army captain, have been arrested on charges of stealing military secrets for a suspected North Korean agent who paid them in cryptocurrency.

The nuclear-armed yet impoverished North – which is technically at war with the South – is known to operate an army of thousands of well-trained hackers who have attacked firms, institutions and researchers in South Korea and elsewhere.

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