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North Korean defector: former senior official of North Korea’s intelligence system talks about drugs, weapons and fear-BBC News

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  • Laura Bicker
  • BBC Seoul correspondent

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It took Jin Guosong 30 years to rise to the top of North Korea’s powerful spy agency.

Kim Kuk-song (transliteration) has not lost the old habit of keeping secrets.

After several weeks of discussions, we got the opportunity to interview him, but he still worried about who would listen. He is wearing sunglasses in front of the camera, and only two of our team know his real name.

It took 30 years for Mr. Kim to rise to the top of North Korea’s powerful spy agency. He said that this intelligence agency is “the eyes, ears and brain of the supreme leader.”

He claimed to keep secrets, sent assassins to kill their critics, and even set up an illegal drug laboratory to help raise funds for the “revolution.”

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