Sin Gwang-su (spy)

In this Korean name, the family name is Sin.
Sin Gwang-su in the 1980s.

Sin Gwang-su (Korean: 신광수; Hanja: 辛光洙; Japanese: 立山富蔵 (Tateyama Tomizō), born June 27, 1929) is a North Korean national suspected of espionage for North Korea. He is wanted by Japanese authorities for his alleged participation in abductions of Japanese citizens during the 1970s and 1980s.[1] He's sometimes known as Shin Kwang Soo.[2]

Shin Gwang-su is believed to have participated in the disappearance of Tadaaki Hara in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, in June 1980 with a South Korean national named Kim Kil Uk.[3] A United Nations report concludes that the North Korean agent Shin Gwang-su later passed himself off as Hara in Japan. He also used his passport and traveled to different countries, including South Korea.

History

Gwang-su was apprehended by South Korean law enforcement in 2014, using Tadaaki Hara's name to pass himself off as Japanese.[4]

After his arrest, he admitted to the South Korean authorities that he was involved in abducting Hara and relocating him to North Korea.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Tokyo police seek arrest warrant for ex-N. Korean agent". www.thefreelibrary.com.
  2. ^ "Suspected Abduction of Cases by North Korea - "Shin Kwang Soo"Case -". www.npa.go.jp.
  3. ^ Shimbun, The Yomiuri (October 24, 2023). "Suspect in 1980 N. Korea Abduction Reportedly Dead; Victim Was Lured from Osaka with Promise of Job". japannews.yomiuri.co.jp.
  4. ^ a b Kirby, Michael Donald; Biserko, Sonja; Darusman, Marzuki (7 February 2014). "Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - A/HRC/25/CRP.1". United Nations Human Rights Council: 299–300 (Paragraph 943). Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)