N. Korean spy sentenced to five years in jail

SUWON, South Korea, Oct. 15 (Yonhap) -- A female North Korean spy who came to South Korea disguised as a defector was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday.

Won Jeong-hwa, 35, was sentenced by the Suwon District Court for collecting
information on key South Korean military installations and passing it on to North
Korean agents in China.
Won has submitted written statements twice to the court, pleading guilty to
charges against her and repenting her past activities as a spy.
She was arrested on Aug. 27, three years after military intelligence officials
here began monitoring her following a report from a South Korean military officer
that she had approached him asking for information. Investigators say Won
exchanged sexual favors for intelligence.
Won's key missions included locating and possibly assassinating Hwang Jang-yop, a
former secretary of North Korea's Workers' Party and the highest-ranking North
Korean to defect to the South.
North Korea last month claimed that South Korea fabricated Won's case to suppress
progressive groups and deflect blame for deteriorating inter-Korean relations.