South Korea’s spy agency has raided the country’s main labour group.
It added that the operation was part of an investigation into whether some members had links to North Korea.
The National Intelligence Service and police raided the office of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) in central Seoul on Wednesday.
The spy agency said that some of its members were suspected of having “ties with North Korea”.
The offices of the KCTU-affiliated Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union in the southwest of the city were also raided.
According to the Agence France-Presse news agency, an official from the spy agency said; “We and the national police agency have been carrying out our own investigation into the suspects’ alleged ties with North Korea for several years.
“Based on the evidence obtained in the process, we judged that a compulsory investigation was necessary, and we went ahead with the raid after the court issued a search and seizure warrant.”
Quadri Adejumo covers World News, Health, Climate & Humanitarian.
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