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...involvement in an attempted military coup, Kim bribed officials after six months’ imprisonment and was released two months later. He fled with his family, making his way to South Korea in March 2001, where he worked for that country’s National Intelligence Service (NIS...
...Russia capitalized literally, on the standoff over Kosovo. In Belgrade, just a week before he became Russia's President-elect, Dmitri Medvedev supervised Serbia's signing up to a prospective Russian Southern Stream natural gas pipe-line. Serbia also sold to Russia a 51% stake of Naftna Industrija Srbija (NIS), a much prized national oil company for $614 million and the promise of a further investment of $770 million. Russia plans build a major gas storage facility in Serbia, making the country a key base for Russian energy supplies to Europe. This consolidation of ties with Serbia achieves two Russian...
...Former NIS director Lim Dong Won admits the agency helped transfer $200 million to North Korea before the June 2000 summit between the two Koreas. A special counsel is investigating whether the transfer was illegal
...NIS agents torture and kill student activist Park Chong Chol. An autopsy reveals his windpipe was smashed on the edge of a bathtub...
...Several senior NIS officials receive jail terms for taking bribes from businessmen...