Denys Chernyshov, Ukraine’s deputy minister of justice, described Mr. Ri and Mr. Ryu as “very well trained. Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency, known as the S.B.U., says it has been tracking North Korean efforts to steal missile technology for years. In addition to arresting Mr. Ri and Mr. Ryu, Ukraine expelled two North Korean diplomats accredited in Moscow who were accused of trying to obtain Ukrainian secrets. The dissertation the North Korean pair were given to photograph, however, had been gutted of secret information and filled with useless technical details. Anatoli Gabitov, the deputy warden, described Mr. Ri as a “super inmate” who never causes trouble.

Source: New York Times September 28, 2017 17:34 UTC