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South Korea’s Old Torture Factory Is Making Nice With Kim Jong Un
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The fearsome intelligence agency that once served as a tool of terror for bygone South Korean dictators is morphing into an instrument for North-South reconciliation.
Donald Kirk
Published
Aug. 9 2020
4:53AM EDT
Pyeongyang Press Corps/Pool/Getty Images
Donald Kirk
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