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South Korea authorities identified suspected case of worker obtaining employment under a false identity last year
North Korean workers at their computers | Image: KCNA (May 15, 2022)
South Korean police are investigating a suspected case of a North Korean IT worker obtaining employment at a domestic organization under a false identity, police confirmed on Friday.
The National Security Investigation Bureau of the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) independently identified the case last year and launched an investigation, according to a document submitted to lawmaker Kim Dae-sik of the conservative People Power Party.
Kim’s office had requested annual data on cases involving North Korean IT workers suspected of obtaining employment through deception or identity theft.
A KNPA officer told NK Newson Friday that the case remains under
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