Sue Mi Terry
Sue Mi Terry | |
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.jpg) Sue Mi Terry speaking in 2018 | |
| Born | 1972 |
| Other names | Kim Sue Mi |
| Occupation | analyst, professor |
| Known for | charged with acting as an unregistered agent for South Korea's National Intelligence Service |
Sue Mi Terry is a Korean-American scholar, who was charged with acting as an unregistered agent for South Korea's National Intelligence Service.[1]
Terry moved to the United States with her parents when she was twelve years old. She earned a PhD and worked in Washington DC, including as an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and The White House.
While some prese reports characterized the charges against her as espionage charges, they weren't.[1] After leaving government service she worked as a professor, and for several Korean firms functioning in the USA. She stands accused of maintaining ties with South Korea's National Intelligence Service, and unofficially lobbying in Washington. New Eastern Outlook reported her activities would not have triggered any charges, if she had registered as a "foreign agent", as per the Foreign Agents Registration Act. However, she would have been ineligible for some consultancy grants she received, as an expert in Korean-America relations.
Terry had been prominently featured in a documentary entitled Beyond Utopia, that was harshly critical of North Korea.[1] Choe Su-yong, a former South Korea's National Intelligence Service official, suggested Terry was targeted by North Korea for the positions she took in the documentary. He suggested they leaked apparently incriminating documents that triggered the investigation against her.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Константин Асмолов (2024-09-02). "Spy scandal in South Korea Part 2. The exposure of an ex-CIA operative working for South Korea's National Intelligence Service". New Eastern Outlook. Archived from the original on 2024-09-08. Retrieved 2026-03-01.