SEOUL, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- South Korean authorities said Wednesday they arrested a North Korean woman who allegedly romanced military officers to get secret information.
Won Jeong Hwa, 35, is accused of being a trained spy who defected from North Korea in 2001 and then engaged in romantic relationships with several South Korean officers, including one who has been detained for collaboration, reported Yonhap, the South Korean news agency.
Prosecutors said they believe there are more defectors who entered South Korea with the intention of spying, said Kim Kyeong-su, a spokesman for the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office.
Prosecutors allege Won married a South Korean man and then began having affairs with officers to collect classified information about South Korea's military installations and weapons systems, which she allegedly handed over to North Korean agents in China.
