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...least three decades after the armistice that ended the shooting in the 1950-53 Korean War, a bloody tit-for-tat spy game kept the cold war between Seoul and Pyongyang pretty hot. North Korea sent plenty of spies to the South?sometimes on submarines and speedboats?and their frequent capture made the newspapers and magazines. In contrast, the story of Seoul's secret war of spying, sabotage and assassination was far less publicized. It was a long and costly campaign that left almost 5,000 South Koreans dead or missing in the North according to lawmaker Kim Seong...
...Officially, Seoul denies any of it happened, but the spies themselves are starting to talk. Ex-spies complain that the government promised them generous rewards, then reneged. The reason: Seoul didn't want to admit it was employing the same dirty tricks as Pyongyang. In March, several hundred ex-spies demanding compensation and official recognition set fire to canisters of liquefied petroleum gas at a busy intersection in Seoul. Angry protesters wearing red headbands held another demonstration in front of the Ministry of National Defense earlier this month, including a man who stripped in front of riot police. Another protester...
NORTH KOREA Talks Offer Pyongyang surprised U.S. officials by offering to resume security talks for the first time in 18 months. The move came a day after Red Cross officials, meeting in Beijing, persuaded North Korea to allow Japanese citizens living there to visit their home country. The White House said it would accept the offer to send a State Department official to the North Korean capital...
NORTH KOREA Diplomatic Overture A visit to Pyongyang by a South Korean delegation led by envoy Lim Dong Won produced a limited improvement in relations. After initial accusations that Seoul and Washington were plotting together to invade, the North's tone mellowed and it offered to resume dialogue with the U.S. By extending his visit by a day, Lim also came away with agreement on further family reunions and more economic talks...
China Korean Problems U.S. President George W. Bush wound up a three-nation Asian tour with agreement from China's Jiang Zemin to help promote dialogue between the U.S. and North Korea. But Pyongyang rejected any suggestion of talks, saying Bush's criticisms of North Korea, made during a visit to South Korea, had insulted leader Kim Jong...