Ihr wurde die aus Japan entführte Yaeko Taguchi zur Seite gestellt, die Kim ihre Muttersprache beibrachte, damit die Nordkoreanerin später als Japanerin durch die Welt spionieren konnte. Die beiden reisten durch Europa, wurden mit einem zur Zeitbombe ausgebauten Panasonic-Radio sowie einer mit Flüssigsprengstoff gefüllten Flasche ausgestattet und boardeten am 29. During the In an interview with BBC, Kim said that North Korea just pretended to be friendly on the issue of Kim married a former South Korean agent handling her case in 1997 and has two children.According to a BBC interview in 2013, her family left behind in North Korea was arrested and sent to a labor camp.This article is about the former North Korean agent. Kim Hyon-hui was a North Korean agent arrested for the downing of a KAL jetliner 30 years ago that killed 115. Im Sommer 1988 veranstaltete der Süden der geteilten Halbinsel erstmals Olympia. Die Fronten sind verhärtet. I had a brief moment thinking that all the people in this plane will die, but I was frightened to even have such feelings. 115 Menschen starben. Kim Hyon-hui, 55, a former North Korean operative and one of the two responsible for the crime, gave an interview to the Sankei Shimbun in Korea. Es ist wie in einer Religion. She sees dark motives behind According to Kim Hyon-hui, the regime hopes to try to separate South Korea from its ally, the United States, and eventually to reunify the Korean Peninsula under Communist rule. She was arrested in Bahrain following the bombing and extradited to South Korea. She was told that the order came directly from She was traveling with a fake Japanese passport under the name of After Bahrain was convinced she was actually a North Korean, she was flown to After eight days, Kim broke down, admitted that she was in fact a North Korean and confessed the details of her role in the bombing of Flight 858, as well as Kim Il-sung's personal involvement in the scheme. For her role in the bombing of KAL 858, Kim was sentenced to death in March 1989. For the table tennis player, see There she was sentenced to death but later pardoned. Kim Hyon-hui lives in fear that North Korean agents will track her down and kill her. Kim Hyon-hui was a North Korean agent arrested for the downing of a KAL jetliner 30 years ago that killed 115. So I took the mission thinking that the bombing will bring revolution in Korea and will contribute to the reunification of the Koreas.”Kim Hyon-hui had no hesitation or doubts, but claims she experienced an unusual rush of feeling on the plane.“The moment I boarded the flight I was thinking, 'This is an enemy state,'" she recounted. So I was ordered to harm the ‘South Korean puppets’ by hitting the flight.”She has no doubt who was behind the mission: Kim Jong Un’s father, Kim Jong Il, who later became leader of the North.“My mission was personally signed by Kim Jong Il," she said. Dennoch liefen in Pyeongchang Athleten beider koreanischer Länder unter einer Flagge bei der Eröffnungsfeier der Winterspiele ins Stadion ein, wie bereits 2000, 2004 und 2006. Sie traf sich mit Verwandten von Yaeko Taguchi, ihrer entführten Japanisch-Lehrerin, und mit Hinterbliebenen der Anschlagsopfer, mit denen sie sich weinend in den Armen gelegen habe, wie sie selbst erzählt.Kim hadert mit ihrem Schicksal: „Es gibt kein Land wie Nordkorea“, sagt sie über das Land, das ihre Geschichte bis heute als eine Erfindung des Südens bezeichnet. 2011 spendete sie nach der Reaktorkatastrophe von Fukushima eine größere Summe an Japan. They’re its lifeline.”Get breaking news alerts and special reports. „Ich dachte, ich betrete die Höhle des Nur sehr langsam bröckelte die Fassade, Kim verwickelte sich in Widersprüche. Als das Flugzeug in Abu Dhabi zwischenlandete, verließen es Kim und ihr Komplize als einzige.Ihre Ankunft in Seoul wurde medial ausgeschlachtet. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.South Korean visitors look at a portrait of Kim Hyon-hui, seen top right, at the Korean War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea.Kim Hyon-hui (center) is surrounded by South Korean agents — and has her mouth taped shut — as she arrives in Seoul from Bahrain in December 1987.