Ex super-spy Kim Hyun-hee, 51, spoke from a secret location in South Korea , unveiling how she was snatched from her family at a young age to serve the secretive state (top right). She was singled out to become a spy and was forced to go through rigorous training in North Korean camps (bottom right) before she was asked to blow up flight KAL 858, killing 115 people.
North Korea's former top female spy, who blew up a civilian plane that killed 115 people, has spoken about the reasons behind the rogue nation's warmongering, as it emerged that its nuclear missile system is 'primed and ready to launch'.
Kim Hyun-hee, who tried to kill herself with poison after her capture by the South Koreans and later escaped the death sentence, spoke at a secret address in the South, surrounded by bodyguards.
Speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the 51-year-old former terrorist said she believes all the latest threats from Pyongyang are nothing more than attempts to shore up support for the new young leader, Kim Jong Un.
'Kim Jong Un is too young and too inexperienced,' she said. 'He's struggling to gain complete control over the military and to win their loyalty.'That's why he's doing so many visits to military bases - to firm up support.' She said there were good reasons for the North threatening a thermo-nuclear war.
'North Korea is using its nuclear programme to keep its people in line and to push South Korea and the United States for concessions.
