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Ex-MP who sent Pyongyang $450m named Seoul’s spy chief
6 years agoPark Jie-won (centre) watches as Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, shakes hands with South Korea's director of the National Security Office, Chung Eui-yong Park Jie-won (centre) watches as Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, shakes hands with South Korea's director of the National Security Office, Chung Eui-yong (AFP Photo/-)
South Korea appointed a former lawmaker who was jailed for sending $450 million to the North as its new spy chief on Friday, as President Moon Jae-in seeks to improve ties with Pyongyang.