James Clapper

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A South Korean soldier’s view of North Korea from an observatory near the Demilitarized Zone. Credit Jeon Heon-Kyun/European Pressphoto Agency

MundoAsia,

I almost died in North Korea, once, and I don’t mean during my diplomatic trip in 2014 to free two Americans imprisoned there.

It was 1985, and I was the chief of intelligence for United States forces in South Korea. I was in a helicopter, on my way to check out what we suspected was a North Korean tunnel, when I heard a sound like popcorn popping and saw white puffs below us. This was followed by a loud alert in my earphones — “Red dog fox! — indicating someone had crossed the Demilitarized Zone. That someone was us.

After some evasive maneuvering, our pilot returned us to South Korean airspace and then home.…  Seguir leyendo »