North Koreans Abroad Said To Face Poison-Needle Attacks -- L.A. TimesREPORTING FROM BEIJING -- Three times in recent weeks, activists opposing the regime of North Korea’s Kim Jong Il have been targeted for assassination by well-trained agents wielding poisoned needles, fellow activists allege.
A 46-year-old South Korean pastor living in Dandong, a Chinese city near the North Korean border, was found unconscious in the street -- his face and fingers badly discolored -- and died.
The following afternoon in the Chinese city of Yanji, a South Korean involved with missionary work was standing at a traffic light when he felt a pinprick in his lower back. As he collapsed to the sidewalk, he heard a man muttering behind him in Chinese, "Sorry, sorry." He survived the apparent attack.
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Update: North Korea unleashes its assassins -- The Australian
My Comment: This is not the first time that North Korea has implicated in assassination attacks.