The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has created a special organization called the Korea Mission Center to prepare for North Korea, and it has been observed that the spy war has begun. This is the first time that the CIA has established a mission center to focus its duties,

on a particular country, and it is believed that an active response is needed as the North Korean nuclear threat becomes reality.

 Dan Cots, director of the National Intelligence Service (DNI), who heads the US intelligence agency, attended a hearing at the US Senate Intelligence Committee on November 11, saying, "Even if we consider that North Korea is isolated, We will continue to devote resources to this key task."

The Korea Mission Center of the CIA strives to gather information on North Korea's nuclear weapons and long-range missile technology. For this purpose, the staff working in various departments within the CIA such as analysis, operation and cyber will work together. Andrew Kim, a prominent North Korean expert in the CIA, is known to be head of the KMC Center. He served as head of the CIA Korea branch and deputy head of the Asia Pacific region.

The CIA's creation of a missions center dedicated to North Korea seems to be due to the lack of information on North Korea's nuclear and missile development levels, although the sixth nuclear test is imminent. The same is true for the USFK to create a dedicated Humumint (Human Intelligence) unit to collect information on North Korea. The USFK will also organize a helmint collecting unit to collect and analyze Indications and Warning (I & W) information, as well as humming analysis.

The United States is determined to be a failure when North Korea conducted a first nuclear test in 2006, when George W. Bush was in office. At the time of the first nuclear test, the power was only 1 kt and it was considered impossible to develop a nuclear warhead or launch vehicle. But ten years later, North Korea 's nuclear weapons development has accelerated. Recently, North Korea has launched four series of medium - range missiles aimed at the US military bases in the United States, and it is known that there is a high possibility of conducting multiple nuclear tests at the same time in the sixth nuclear test. Harry Harris, the commander of the US Pacific Command, said on December 27 that the recent situation surrounding the North Korean nuclear and missile threats is "the worst of the crisis so far." Harris said he would attend the US Senate hearing and say that North Korea will successfully develop the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), medium range street ballistic missile (IRBM), and submarine launch ballistic missile (SLBM)

As the North Korean nuclear issue becomes reality, the US Congress is moving quickly. The US House of Representatives initiated the North Korea Intelligence Enhancement Act (HR2175) earlier this month and under the leadership of the Director of the US National Intelligence Service (DNI), intelligence agencies in the intelligence agency formed an integrated organization to monitor North Korea's illegal activities, The UN Security Council has gathered information on the implementation of the sanctions against North Korea. Republican Party leader Ted Yoho (Florida), the chairman of the Asia-Pacific Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Ministry, also initiated the '2017 Rights and Knowledge Propagation and Promotion Act' (HR2397) to allow the State Department to directly send information to North Koreans .

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In the case of the Ministry of National Defense (MSS, Ministry of National Defense), as a result of the explosive increase in the number of foreigners entering the country and the departure of foreigners, We will organize large-scale organization into 10 administrative support countries.
 

The spy competition between China and Japan is also fierce. As the number of Japanese arrested on suspicion of espionage in China increased to four last year, the issue became another "hot potato" to create conflict between China and Japan. As Japan's tendency to see China as its enemy increases with the right of Japan, public spy activity in Japan is becoming more intense than in the past.

China believes Japan is strengthening its external information-gathering activities after the National Security Council (NSC) was created at the end of 2013. In particular, the Japanese government has reportedly dispatched agents to the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) since 2008 to take spy training at a base on a remote island.

China is also a place where countries compete in intelligence gathering. Dandong is a place where North Korea and the United States perform espionage activities, and Zhejiang Province is considered to be a region with a missile launch base aimed at Japan. Therefore, it is Chinese perspective that the Japanese authorities' claim that the Japanese people arrested this time are all unrelated to government agencies.

"The recent increase in Japanese spy activity is related to changes in the Japanese government's policies," said Ryu Jang-hee, deputy director of the Institute for Contemporary International Relations at Tsinghua University. "In Japan, the trend of ' "He said.

  
The mission of the UK Secret Service (M16), famous for James Bond and the recruitment of large-scale crew, is guaranteed by the Secret Intelligence Act, which specifies national security and protection of national interests. In addition, the duties of the DGSE in France are stipulated in the Prime Minister's Decree to collect and analyze security-related information. On the other hand, the CIA could secretly create a new organization, but publicly disclosing it outside might be intended to put pressure on North Korea.

May, 20th, 2017. By Heo Jun Hyeok