North korean spy in south korea

Former North Korean agent

This article is about the former North Korean agent. For the table tennis player, see Kim Hyon-hui (table tennis).

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Hyon-hui (Korean: 김현희, born 27 January ), also known as Okhwa, is a former North Korean agent, responsible for the Korean Air Flight bombing in , which killed people.^[1][2] She was arrested in Bahrain following the bombing and extradited to South Korea.

There she was sentenced to death but later pardoned shortly after being convicted and sentenced.

In recent years,^[when?] Kim has publicly expressed regret about the bombing and she has provided information about the state of affairs in North Korea as well as the possible state of abductees.

Early life

Kim was born in Kaesong on 27 January but her family settled in the country's capital, Pyongyang.^[3][4] Her father was a career diplomat and as a result, the family l