Trained to infiltrate N. Korea, then forgotten: Ex-agent recounts 3 secret years

The Korea Times 27 Aug North Korea

In 1984, Ha Tae-jun, then 24, spotted a notice recruiting for a special unit at the Military Manpower Administration office in central Seoul's Yongsan District. The notice was scrawled on the wall in marker, with little explanation. Ha applied, and his life was changed forever — training as a South Korean operative for covert missions into North Korea. “About a month after submitting background ch

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