North Korea says it has arrested South Korean spy - KCNA


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  • Thursday, 07 Nov 2013

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Thursday it had arrested a South Korean spy and was investigating him on charges of espionage in a rare report of the capture of a secret agent by either of the rivals.

The man was arrested in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, and had confessed to entering the country illegally, the North's Ministry of State Security said in comments carried by the North's official KCNA news agency.

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