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by Josh Marshall
04.15.13 | 7:44 am

As the US and North Korea hurtle toward possible conflict, meet the ex-con (on espionage-related charges no less) who’s the sole registered foreign agent for North Korea in the US. We tracked him down working out of a ramshackle apartment in Manhattan. And, oh yeah, he also imports the North Koreans main liquor product.

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