YouTube comments were a sign of a North Korean communication with an executive of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions because they didn’t go uphill
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(1)I don’t go uphill. Comment Min on YouTube
(2)It was a sign of communication between the North and the North
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(6)”This motorcycle doesn’t go uphill very wellPosted in a YouTube video comment explaining how to start without a motorcycle key in August 2022 It is a comment on an ordinary video, but this was a signal from Kim, 48, who served as the head of the organization of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions’ health and medical union, to a North Korean cultural exchange agent
(7)As Kim’s report writing and receiving instructions were not smooth due to the damage to the encryption key, the North Korean Cultural Exchange Agency attempted to contact Kim in Vietnam The North Korean agent sent a video title and a link to Kim in a letter of order to ask him if he could make a contact The North Korean operative asked Kim to use the word “Tommy Hall” in the comments if it is not possible to use the word “Uphill” if it is impossible A prosecution official said, “It was the first time I communicated with a North Korean agent through YouTube comments,” adding, “It was a video and comment that did not reveal any anti-aircraft points on the outside.”
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(1)Jeong Won-doo, head of the public investigation department at the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, ordered by North Korea
(2)Kim, Seok, 52, former head of the KCTU’s organizing committee, Yang, 54, former vice chairman of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union, and Shin, CEO of the Jeju Peace Shelter, were arrested and indicted on charges of special infiltration, escape meetings, and communication
(3)The prosecution was able to grasp 90 orders and 24 reports thanks to securing the encryption key that Seok kept during the seizure and search of the headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in January The prosecution explained that it was the largest number of orders and reports in the history of violations of the National Security Law Seok exchanged orders and reports with North Korean agents using bulletin boards of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, as well as steganography, called spy communications
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(1)North Korea said of Seok, “We have shared blood and blood for more than 20 years
(2)He emphasized that the relationship is special enough to express “C In September 2017, Seok contacted a North Korean agent in Cambodia, September 2018 in China, August 2019 in Vietnam They met secretly by promising not only the location and time of the contact, but also the reception signal such as opening and drinking the bottled water bottle in their hands on time, and wiping the sunglasses in their hands with a handkerchief Seok received a total of 102 orders from October 2018 to December last year, and delivered reports to North Korea with the internal communication network ID and password of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
(3)According to the order, the North’s Cultural Exchange Bureau is the headquarters of the headquarters, and the Democratic Trade Union is referred to as the first sales department, which is a subordinate of the governor Seok was found to have carried out the five-step process ordered by North Korea: forming friendship → triggering dissatisfaction with social absurdity → socialist culture → proposing participation in secret organizations → granting active struggle missions Kim, who was recruited by Seok, contacted North Korean agents in Cambodia in September 2017, and since April 2018, he has been the branch manager of the Gangwon organization under North Korea’s orders and established a separate organization
(4)North Korea collected information on major national facilities such as transmission network and U.S. military base in Pyeongtaek
(5)North Korea demanded Seok and his group report internal trends, support for the election of Yang Kyung-soo, a former member of the Gyeonggi Eastern Union affiliated with the National Liberation NL, and control of industrial unions North Korea also ordered the collection of secret data such as Pyeongtaek firepower and LNG storage tank layout to obtain data from major state agencies such as Cheong Wa Dae for power grid paralysisProsecutors also secured video data on military facilities and military equipment, including U.S. military bases in Pyeongtaek and Osan, from Seok’s office PC
(6)In line with major social issues, North Korea encouraged anti-government struggles, anti-American and anti-Japanese sentiment, and ordered the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions to mobilize 1 to incite political struggles After the Itaewon disaster in October last year, anti-government protests were ordered through candlelight protests and memorial cultural festivals, and after the general strike of the Korea Cargo Solidarity in December last year, the government was ordered to continue its struggle against the government
(7)A prosecution official said, “We led the nation’s largest labor organization to focus on political struggles under North Korean orders, not on improving working conditions,” adding, “We will thoroughly investigate the full extent of anti-national crimes committed by underground organizations that infiltrated the KCTU.”