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North Korean Hackers Create Fake Web Portal: South's Spy Agency
North Korean hackers have set up a fake website that looks almost identical to the popular South Korean web portal Naver, marking a more sophisticated attempt to target users in the South, Seoul's spy agency said.
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Bingeing Kim Jong-Un Piling On The Pounds: Seoul's Spies
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has piled on around 40 kilos (90 pounds) since he took power four years ago, bingeing on food and drink, South Korea's spy agency said Friday.
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North Korea Slams Seoul's Cyber Attack Accusations
North Korea today blasted Seoul's accusation that Pyongyang had launched a series of cyber attacks targeting South Korean government officials, calling the allegation a "bullshit" fabrication.
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Lie Detectors, Solitary: How South Korea Screens Refugees
South Korea has spent decades screening refugees from a hostile neighbour but some enemy agents manage to get through, underlining the challenges Western nations face in dealing with a far larger influx of people escaping the war in Syria.
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Burundi in Crisis as Top General Assassinated
A top Burundian general and right-hand man to President Pierre Nkurunziza was killed in a rocket attack on his car on Sunday, prompting fears of further instability in the crisis-hit country.
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South Korea Intelligence Official Dead in Hacking Scandal
A South Korean intelligence official has been found dead in an apparent suicide amid a growing political scandal over a covert hacking programme used by the country's spy agency, police said today.
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North Korea Sentences South Korean 'Spies' to Hard Labour for Life: Report
North Korea has sentenced two South Koreans accused of spying to hard labour for life, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said today, citing a North Korean state radio broadcast.
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South Korea's Spy Agency Under Scrutiny After Reporting Pyongyang Execution
The South Korean spy agency's assertion that North Korea purged its defence chief and executed him with anti-aircraft fire is one of its boldest claims ever, and, given the agency's chequered history, has come under growing scrutiny.
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North Korea's Kim Ordered 15 Executions in Last Four Months, Alleges Spy Agency
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of 15 people, including senior officials, this year as punishment for challenging his authority, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday quoting the South's spy agency.
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Former South Korea Spy Chief Gets Jail For Election Meddling
A South Korean appeals court sentenced a former head of the national spy agency to three years in jail on today for meddling in the 2012 presidential election and helping Park Geun-hye win the vote.
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South Korea Spy Agency Says North Hacking Smartphones
North Korea attempted to hack tens of thousands of South Korean smartphones this year, using malware disguised in mobile gaming apps, the South's spy agency said in a report submitted to parliament this week.
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In Kim's death, an extensive Intelligence failure
Kim Jong-il, the enigmatic North Korean leader, died on a train at 8:30 am Saturday in his country. Forty-eight hours later, officials in South Korea still did not know anything about it - to say nothing of Washington, where the State Department acknowledged "press reports" of Mr. Kim's death well after North Korean state media had already announce...
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North Korean Hackers Create Fake Web Portal: South's Spy Agency
North Korean hackers have set up a fake website that looks almost identical to the popular South Korean web portal Naver, marking a more sophisticated attempt to target users in the South, Seoul's spy agency said.
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Bingeing Kim Jong-Un Piling On The Pounds: Seoul's Spies
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has piled on around 40 kilos (90 pounds) since he took power four years ago, bingeing on food and drink, South Korea's spy agency said Friday.
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North Korea Slams Seoul's Cyber Attack Accusations
North Korea today blasted Seoul's accusation that Pyongyang had launched a series of cyber attacks targeting South Korean government officials, calling the allegation a "bullshit" fabrication.
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Lie Detectors, Solitary: How South Korea Screens Refugees
South Korea has spent decades screening refugees from a hostile neighbour but some enemy agents manage to get through, underlining the challenges Western nations face in dealing with a far larger influx of people escaping the war in Syria.
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Burundi in Crisis as Top General Assassinated
A top Burundian general and right-hand man to President Pierre Nkurunziza was killed in a rocket attack on his car on Sunday, prompting fears of further instability in the crisis-hit country.
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South Korea Intelligence Official Dead in Hacking Scandal
A South Korean intelligence official has been found dead in an apparent suicide amid a growing political scandal over a covert hacking programme used by the country's spy agency, police said today.
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North Korea Sentences South Korean 'Spies' to Hard Labour for Life: Report
North Korea has sentenced two South Koreans accused of spying to hard labour for life, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said today, citing a North Korean state radio broadcast.
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South Korea's Spy Agency Under Scrutiny After Reporting Pyongyang Execution
The South Korean spy agency's assertion that North Korea purged its defence chief and executed him with anti-aircraft fire is one of its boldest claims ever, and, given the agency's chequered history, has come under growing scrutiny.
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North Korea's Kim Ordered 15 Executions in Last Four Months, Alleges Spy Agency
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of 15 people, including senior officials, this year as punishment for challenging his authority, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday quoting the South's spy agency.
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Former South Korea Spy Chief Gets Jail For Election Meddling
A South Korean appeals court sentenced a former head of the national spy agency to three years in jail on today for meddling in the 2012 presidential election and helping Park Geun-hye win the vote.
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South Korea Spy Agency Says North Hacking Smartphones
North Korea attempted to hack tens of thousands of South Korean smartphones this year, using malware disguised in mobile gaming apps, the South's spy agency said in a report submitted to parliament this week.
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In Kim's death, an extensive Intelligence failure
Kim Jong-il, the enigmatic North Korean leader, died on a train at 8:30 am Saturday in his country. Forty-eight hours later, officials in South Korea still did not know anything about it - to say nothing of Washington, where the State Department acknowledged "press reports" of Mr. Kim's death well after North Korean state media had already announce...
