Spy agency, military intelligence unit raided over alleged drone flights to North Korea Investigators on Tuesday raided the spy agency and a military intelligence command while booking three military officers as suspects over suspicions related to alleged drone flights to North Korea, officials said. 2026.2.10
Defense chief urges reform of military intelligence commands following martial law Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Wednesday called for a powerful reform of defense intelligence and investigative arms amid efforts to rebuild the military in the aftermath of the botched martial law bid in late 2024. 2026.1.21
Former defense intelligence chief indicted for drawing up Dec. 3 martial law plan Retired Army Maj. Gen. Noh Sang-won is accused of conspiring with military officials to implement the short-lived declaration, including orders to seize control of the National Election Commission 2025.1.10
Military intelligence commander arrested in connection with martial law operations The chief of the Defense Intelligence Command was formally arrested on Friday for his alleged involvement in President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law, according to a joint investigative task force. 2024.12.21
Former general implicated in Dec. 3 martial law plot ran fortune-telling business: Reports A former military official who is accused of involvement in President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law worked as a shaman and ran a fortune-telling business out of his home. 2024.12.20
![A drone allegedly sent by South Korea on Sept. 27, 2025 is seen in this photo carried by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 10. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11969407.jpg?imageId=11969407&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Minister of Defense Ahn Gyu-back speaks at Gyeryongdae in Gyeryong, South Chungcheong, on Jan. 19. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12302364.jpg?imageId=12302364&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Noh Sang-won, former Defense Intelligence Command chief, is referred to the prosecution from a police station on Dec. 24, 2024. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11659075.jpg?imageId=11659075&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Defense Intelligence Commander Moon Sang-ho speaks during a parliamentary committee meeting at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Dec. 10. [JUN MIN-KYU]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12372512.jpg?imageId=12372512&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A symbol commonly associated with Buddhist temples and fortune tellers can be seen affixed to the front door of former Defense Intelligence Command chief Noh Sang-won's residence in Ansan, Gyeonggi, on Friday. A pile of dried fish, commonly used in shamanistic rituals, is on the right. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10926474.jpg?imageId=10926474&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)