DEFENSE DISCUSSIONSU.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, second on left, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attend a security consultative meeting with South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, second on right, in Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 28, 2011. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
North Korea’s Clumsy Assassins -- Bryan Kay, The Diplomat
News last month that an alleged North Korean spy tried to kill an anti-Pyongyang activist is a reminder that Kim Jong-il’s spies are active. But some say the attacks aren’t what they used to be.
To the unsuspecting eye, 71-year-old Kim Shin-jo blends in easily with life in the greater Seoul area – no more conspicuous than the local bank teller, post office clerk or parents dropping off their children at school.With his salt-and-pepper hair neatly folded in a classic comb-over, usually accompanied by freshly pressed cords and an open-collared shirt, he looks every inch the archetypal South Korean grandfather.
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My Comment: They may look and be "comical" at times .... but there is no doubt about one thing .... North Korea is still a threat.
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