Former North Korean diplomat Tae Yong-ho has been named the new leader of South Korea's presidential advisory council on unification.This makes him the highest-ranking defector among the thousands who have resettled in the South - and the first to be given a vice-ministerial job.

South Korea has appointed a former North Korean diplomat to the position of vice minister, the highest-level government role ever attained by a defector. Tae Yong-ho, who served as a minister at the North Korean Embassy in London, was one of the highest-profile defections ever when he fled to South Korea in 2016.

A former CIA employee and senior official at the National Security Council has been charged with serving as a secret agent for South Korea's intelligence service, the U.S. Justice Department said. Sue Mi Terry accepted luxury goods,

Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA official and a leading expert on North Korea, was arrested on allegations of secretly working for South Korea's intelligence agency, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. In a 31-page indictment unsealed by the Southern District of New York,

Sue Mi Terry is accused of helping South Korea in exchange for cash, luxury bags, fancy meals and expensive clothes.

From Pop-up Bookstore to Ping-pong in the 798 Factory Terry has written for various media outlets and appeared on television as a news analyst. She “allegedly sold out her positions and influence to the South Korean government in return for luxury handbags,