Ex-CIA analyst charged with spying for South Korea 

A Modern York terrific jury has prosecuted a previous US Central Insights Organization examiner on charges of acting as a spy for the South Korean government in trade for extravagance merchandise, sacks and favor meals.

Sue Mi Terry, who already worked as a senior official for the White House National Security Chamber, faces two tallies of coming up short to enroll as a outside operator and trick to abuse the Remote Specialists Enlistment Act.

Federal authorities say Ms Terry - a unmistakable US master on North Korea - acted as an specialist for the South Korean government for over a decade, but she did not enlist as a remote specialist with American authorities, concurring to court records made open on Tuesday in the Southern Area of Modern York.

The Chamber on Outside Relations, a think tank where Ms Terry works as a senior individual on Asia, has put her on unpaid take off, a representative told US outlets. The association has too evacuated her life story from its website.

Ms Terry, 54, denies the charges and her lawyer, Lee Wolosky, told the BBC the affirmations against her were "unfounded".

The charges "mutilate the work of a researcher and news examiner known for her autonomy and a long time of benefit to the Joined together States", Mr Wolosky said. "In reality, she was a unforgiving pundit of the South Korean government amid times this arraignment affirms that she was acting on its behalf."

Born in South Korea, Ms Terry moved to the US at age 12, concurring to her past boss at Columbia University.

In 2001, she earned her doctorate from the Fletcher School of Law and Discretion at Tufts College, a conspicuous universal relations school in Massachusetts. She is known to address in English and Korean.

Ms Terry, 54, at that point went on to work as a senior investigator for the CIA from 2001 to 2008, some time recently holding a assortment of posts in the government government, counting as Chief for Korea, Japan, and Maritime Undertakings at the National Security Board amid the George W Bush and Barack Obama administrations.

Prosecutors say Ms Terry's work as an operator for the South Korean government started in 2013, around five a long time, after she ceased working for the CIA and the National Security Council.

In the 31-page prosecution, authorities say Ms Terry conceded to FBI operators in a deliberate meet in 2023 that she was a “source” for South Korea’s National Insights Service.

The prosecution charges that the South Korean government skilled Ms Terry a $2,845 (£2,100) Dolce & Gabbana coat, a $3,450 Louis Vuitton tote and dinners at upscale restaurants.

Officials say the government moreover gave her $37,000 and came up with a arrange to cover up the source of the stores, eventually setting them in a blessing finance at the think tank where she worked.

Ms Terry's prosecution comes fair a day after Law based Congressperson Robert Menendez was indicted of making a difference remote governments in trade for extravagance things counting gold bars and a Mercedes car.