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Seoul blocks elderly ex-North Korean spy from going North: civic group

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20-08-2025 17:04 HKT
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Ahn Hak-sop (C), a former North Korean soldier, speaks to a police officer as he walks towards a military checkpoint on the Tongil bridge, the road leading to the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom, in the border city of Paju on August 20, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Ahn Hak-sop (C), a former North Korean soldier, speaks to a police officer as he walks towards a military checkpoint on the Tongil bridge, the road leading to the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom, in the border city of Paju on August 20, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
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