Sin Gwang-su (

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: 신광수,

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: 立山富蔵 (Tateyama Tomizō), born June 27, 1929) is a

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n national suspected of espionage for North Korea. He is wanted by Japanese authorities for his alleged participation in

abductions of Japanese citizens Abductions of Japanese citizens from Japan by agents of the North Korean government took place during a period of six years from 1977 to 1983. Although only 17 Japanese (eight men and nine women) are officially recognized by the Government of Ja ...

during the 1970s and 1980s. He's sometimes known as Shin Kwang Soo. Shin Gwang-su is believed to have participated in the disappearance of Tadaaki Hara in

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, in June 1980 with a South Korean national named Kim Kil Uk.https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/crime-courts/20231024-145439/ A

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report concludes that the North Korean agent Shin Gwang-su later passed himself off as Hara in Japan. He also used his passport and traveled to different countries, including

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History

Gwang-su was apprehended by South Korean law enforcement in 2014, using Tadaaki Hara's name to pass himself off as Japanese. After his arrest, he admitted to the South Korean authorities that he was involved in abducting Hara and relocating him to North Korea.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sin, Gwang-Su 1929 births Living people North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens North Korean expatriates in Japan North Korean spies