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Ex-spy details harsh toll of South Korea's secret North Korea missions

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A former South Korean spy has detailed the harsh realities and psychological toll of covert missions into North Korea. Ha Tae-jun, who was recruited in 1984 through a discreet notice, described being isolated and feeling expendable during his service. He underwent training and was deployed for three years without contact with his family. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · The Korea Times ·

    South Korean ex-spy reveals toll of secret missions to North: ‘treated as expendable’

    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 – …

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