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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea claimed Thursday the arrest of a South Korean-hired agent it strongly suggested was tasked with assassinating the country’s absolute leader, Kim Jong Il.
The North’s Ministry of State Security said in a statement it had apprehended a North Korean on a “terrorist mission” ordered by a South Korean intelligence organization “to do harm to the top leader” of North Korea.
The statement did not mention Kim Jong Il by name, but South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Ho Nyeon said the North’s state media has before used such wording to refer to him.
South Korea today denied the claim.
