SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol accepted the resignations of the chief of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and his two deputies Sunday, effectively sacking the top three officials at the spy agency in the wake of controversy over personnel affairs. Yoon accepted the resignations of NIS Director Kim Kyou-hyun, First [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors said Wednesday that former President Park Geun-hye is suspected of privately using illicit funds which the National Intelligence Service (NIS) regularly provided to the presidential office during her term. An official from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office made the remarks while defending against the accusations that their [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – New National Intelligence Service (NIS) director Suh Hoon on Thursday ordered the abolition of domestic intelligence operations, setting in motion a campaign to reform the spy agency long suspected of meddling in politics to support ruling elites. Suh issued the order shortly after President Moon Jae-in conferred an appointment [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – E-mail contents hinting that a Korean spy agency illegally hacked into the personal computer of a lawyer through an Italian hacking firm have been disclosed by WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks made public the leaked e-mail data through its Twitter feed, indicating that Hacking Team installed a hacking program on the lawyer’s computer [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) – In North Korea, products made in South Korea are officially prohibited, but they are spread widely especially among members of the wealthy elite living in Pyongyang. Since South Korean products are banned, North Koreans cannot talk about them openly at black markets, and use slang expressions instead. So how [...]