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SKorea's spy chief offers resignation

The head of South Korea's intelligence agency has offered his resignation, the third senior security official to do so since North Korea's October 9 nuclear test, officials said on Friday.

DNA Web Team

Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST

SEOUL: The head of South Korea's intelligence agency has offered his resignation, the third senior security official to do so since North Korea's October 9 nuclear test, officials said on Friday.

The latest announcement came amid fierce criticism at home of President Roh Moo-Hyun's "sunshine" policy of engagement with the North, whose first atom bomb test sent a shiver around the world.

"Director Kim Seung-Kyu on Thursday called on the president and expressed his intention to resign," the National Intelligence Service said.

Earlier this week Unification Minister Lee Jong-Seok, the top official in charge of North Korean affairs, and Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-Ung announced they would leave their posts.

Kim's resignation will help pave the way for Roh to form a new line-up of officials in charge of security and foreign affairs, the NIS said.

Roh is seeking a new foreign minister because incumbent Ban Ki-Moon is to become the United Nations secretary general from January.

Ministers in South Korea routinely express their intention to step down when the president wants to replace them.

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