A former CIA and White House employee was accused of spying for South Korea

A former CIA analyst and prominent foreign affairs commentator in the United States has been accused of acting as a foreign agent for South Korea, allegedly passing information to Seoul’s intelligence officers in exchange for luxury goods and high-end dinners in Manhattan. has disclosed.

Sue Mitri, a senior fellow on Korean studies at the New York Council on Foreign Relations, is accused in an unsealed indictment of passing on handwritten notes from a 2022 informal meeting of a Korean official with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. America became about the policy of the North Korean government. 

He was also accused of receiving a $2,845 Dolce & Gabbana coat, a $3,450 Louis Vuitton handbag and a $2,950 Bottega Veneta handbag from his officials, as well as several meals at star-studded and luxury restaurants. Prosecutors alleged that Terry, an American citizen born in South Korea, also received $37,000 in “secret donations” for a public policy program on Korean affairs that he controlled.

Terry, who has written for several American publications, agreed to be paid to write articles for a newspaper and magazine about topics dictated to him by the South Korean authorities. One of these articles titled “A Full and Free Korea: Why Unification of the Peninsula Won’t Be Bad After All” was published in Foreign Affairs.

Terry is accused of failing to register as a foreign agent and failing to disclose his ties to South Korea before testifying before Congress. This case was filed in Manhattan Federal Court.

The South Korean embassy in Washington declined to comment. 

Translator: Azam Purkand