New Mata Hari is sentenced
From Times Wire Reports
A South Korean court convicted a North Korean defector charged with extracting state secrets from military officers in return for sexual favors and sentenced her to five years in prison, media said.
Won Jeong-hwa, 34, was arrested in August on suspicion of posing as a defector and sleeping with South Korean military officers so she could get classified information.
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