Profile of a spy agency: North Korea's MSS

A Ministry of State Security office in the Sino-North Korean border region. / Image: Daily NK

When US soldier Travis King bolted across the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea in July 2023, he crossed one of the last remaining Cold War frontiers.

King, a 23-year-old US Army Private 2nd Class, may have also crossed into the hands of North K…