Report: North Korea hired KGB spies to protect Kim Jong Un

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Report: North Korea hired KGB spies to protect Kim Jong Un
By Elizabeth Shim Contact the Author   |   Aug. 25, 2017 at 9:26 AM

Aug. 25 (UPI) -- North Korea may have hired more than 10 former KGB agents as military advisers as concerns grew that leader Kim Jong Un could become the target of an assassination, according to a Japanese newspaper.

The Asahi Shimbun reported Friday concerns about Kim's safety prompted the regime to bring in Russian spies, many of who had been active in the former Soviet Union.

"In February, North Korea invited to Pyongyang about 10 former staff of the KGB's anti-terrorism unit with experience in suppression strategy, to Pyongyang, and entrusted them to carry out the training of [North Korea] escort commanders," a North Korean source on the matter told the Asahi.

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