Reports: South Korea says defector is spy

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AFP - Getty Images fileKim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. The photo was photo taken June 4, 2010 as he was talking to members of the South Korean press about the need for the North to reform in order to avert economic collapse, and the end of its political regime. He lives mainly in Macau. By Kari Huus, NBC NewsProsecutors in South Korea have filed spying charges against a North Korean who they say was involved in plotting to assassinate Kim Jong Nam — the wayward son of former dictator Kim Jong Il — the French news agency AFP reported.

Follow @NBCNewsUSThe authorities said the suspected spy arrived in South Korea in the spring posing as a defector who fled the communist-ruled North by way of China, the report said.

When his identity was exposed, he confessed to being part of a failed plot to stage a hit-and-run car accident in China in 2010 targeting Kim Jong Nam, who lives mainly in the Chinese territory of Macau, the report said.




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