D*mn Sunshine policy. That is why. Kim Dae-jung sent many N. Korean spies back home, who were serving long prison sentence. These were hardcore. They could have gotten a shortened sentence if they have renounced communism on paper. They refused. However, they were sent as a "goodwill gesture," in return for which we have Kim Jong-il's nukes.
The DJ! That figures. I have been out of the loop and not paying as much attention. At least he is back with the buk-han-nom-dul and not teaching korean at the Defense Language Institute.