Is North Korea's 'CIA' A Threat To North America?

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Dave Mujumdar, National Interest: Should America Fear North Korea's 'CIA'?

North Korean intelligence apparatus is one of Pyongyang’s strong suites. Indeed, Pyongyang’s security services have demonstrated their ability to strike far from home as was shown during the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam—elder half-brother to the North Korean despot—in Malaysia. The Kim regime’s intelligence apparatus is ruthless and effective and could be used to good effect during any conflict on the Korean peninsula.

North Korea maintains an extensive intelligence collection and security apparatus—as might be expected of a totalitarian regime such as the so-called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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WNU Editor: In the past North Korea did target South Korean leaders for assassination, as well as kidnapping Japanese civilians. Would the North Koreans shift their focus and start to target the U.S. directly .... with this regime nothing surprises me.