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An AP news report in late September noted that an agent employed by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (formerly the Korean Central Intelligence Agency) who was serving as a consular official in Los Angeles, had met with fundraisers John Kerry’s campaign. An unknown amount of money was raised by the agent and passed to the Democrat’s campaign. Reportedly, the Kerry camp returned $4,000 because of “concern about [its] origins.” Considering the amount of money foreign governments – especially Asian governments like South Korea and China – throw into American politics the $4,000 sounds like chump change, especially in light of...

WASHINGTON (AP)--A South Korean man who met with John Kerry's fund-raisers to discuss creating a new political group for Korean-Americans was an intelligence agent for his country, raising concerns among some U.S. officials that either he or his government may have tried to influence this fall's election. South Korean officials and U.S. officials told The Associated Press that Chung Byung-Man, a consular officer in Los Angeles, actually worked for South Korea's National Intelligence Service. A spokesman for the South Korean consulate office said Chung was sent home in May amid "speculation" he became involved with the Kerry campaign and...