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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...
...Seoul's secrets are out, big time. Sony's Columbia TriStar Films recently agreed to fund a South Korean production com-pany's movie about the hit squad ordered to kill Kim Il Sung. (Filming will start this August.) Hewing closely to the original story, the movie will expose a part of history that most Koreans know little about. Under past military governments, it was taboo to mention the spy operations, says producer Jonathan Kim: "We were taught we didn't do stuff like that, only the North did. Nobody has talked about...
...former camp guards. The identities of the members of this Korean version of The Dirty Dozen were erased when they signed up, leaving their families with no idea what had happened to them. They were sent to the tiny, deserted island of Shilmi off the coast west of Seoul in 1968. One of the first things the men did upon arrival was to dig up a Chinese grave, grind up the bones and scarf them down mixed with a little water. They apparently believed this would cure venereal diseases and build character. They then nailed the skull and two crossbones...
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...