“Mr. Kang, a senior-colonel in his late 50s, defected to the west while posted as head of the Foreign Counterspionage Office of the DPRKs Ministry for State Security. Mr. Kang was in charge of operations in Russia, China and Southeast Asia. In addition to cash, he is believed to have taken with him the counterfeit plates/machine associated with the DPRK’s counterfeiting of the U.S. $100 bill, a counterfeit that was so precise it was known as the super note”]

