A former CIA analyst has been charged with working as an unregistered agent for South Korea’s intelligence service in exchange for luxury gifts, dinners, and funding, according to a newly unsealed indictment filed on July 15 in the U.S. Southern District of New York.

Sue Mi Terry faces one count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and one count of failure to register under the FARA, which is aimed at preventing covert foreign influence by foreign principles.

For more than a decade, Ms. Terry, at the direction of the government of the Republic of Korea (ROK), “advocated ROK [Republic of Korea] policy positions, including in published articles and during media appearances, disclosed nonpublic U.S. government information to ROK intelligence officers, and facilitated access for ROK government officials to U.S. government officials,” the indictment states, using the official name for South Korea.

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