Prologue 1_ A Starry Night
Prologue 2_ Surrender Document vs. Investigative Powers

Part 1: Love, Despair, and Regret

Love_The Ludlows, a film by the National Intelligence Service
The nagging bomb I hated more than cancer
A little escapade from the youngest in the office
Life is a series of choices
Life should be lived moistly
The sad reality unfolding before our eyes
Despair: The National Intelligence Service's Investigative Powers Disappear, Our Right to Survive
A heartbreaking, dry 2024
To my beloved juniors in the organization
Regret_A lesson learned, not a lesson from others
The will of Wu Zixu, the greatest general of his time
South Vietnamese Vice President Trung Dinh Dương's false peace tactics
The presence of the National Intelligence Service's investigation bureau
The National Intelligence Service's investigative powers have disappeared into history.
From 2024, the investigative powers of the National Intelligence Service will be completely abolished and the police will take full responsibility.
Archery and Investigation
Incorrect prescription review and complete dispensing method
An even more flawed prescription: stripping the National Intelligence Service of its investigative powers.
Differences Between the U.S. and South Korea in Their Approach to National Investigative Agencies

Part 2: The Hot Heart that Supports the Nation

A National Intelligence Service agent in danger in South Korea, a nameless star
I will silently follow the path of those who remain, and dedicate myself to protecting my homeland.
Agents died for the country, and now the organization has died with the country buried in its heart.
Firefighters in the Flames at Ground Zero, USA
The United States was attacked in vain, and the New York World Trade Center was reduced to ruins.
Firefighters in the Flames
When internal conflict intensifies, the nation becomes exhausted.
Comparative Advantage: The United States, a country that prioritizes national values
A society where uniforms are given preferential treatment
Despite its short history, a country with many great presidents
I hope that South Korea will have a great president who everyone respects.
Policies must be implemented solely for the benefit of the nation and its people.

Part 3: Fighting the Spy with All Your Strength

Regret about spies_Public perception of spies
Current estimate of the scale of espionage
Evolving Spy
Where are the spies these days?
Not only NL injectionists but also the general public
Spy investigations during the so-called progressive regime
The National Intelligence Service's espionage investigation: the South Korean Workers' Party case (announced in October 1992) - the largest spy ring in the country.
The National Democratic Revolutionary Party Incident (abbreviated as Minhyeokdang, announced in September 1999)
Ilsimhoe Incident (announced in October 2006)
The Wangjaesan Incident (announced in July 2011) - Let us not forget the leader, let us remember the meeting instruction.
RO Incident (announced in September 2013) - A sitting member of the National Assembly attempted to start a civil war in preparation for a North Korean invasion.
Jeon Chil-seong (pseudonym) case (announced in December 2013)
Chungbuk Comrades Association Incident (announced in September 2021) - The emergence of an underground spy organization in the Chungcheong region.
The People's Vanguard for Autonomous Unification (hereinafter referred to as the "People's Vanguard for Autonomous Unification") incident (announced in 2023)
The Jatong Changwon Organization Incident (announced in March 2023)
The Jeju Organization Incident (announced in April 2023)
The Min O-Chong Underground Organization Case (announced in May 2023) - The National Intelligence Service's final investigation
A chilling North Korean directive_I didn't expect it to be like this
We need to prepare for the future, but there are clear limitations.
The surprising North Korea report - has it come to this?
Public security criminals are also a target of the judiciary
Trials of public security criminals must be expedited.
A new fighting method for public security criminals..'.
'Drag the trial'
The South Korean judicial system is being ridiculed
In the case of violations of the National Security Act last year
Urgent need to improve the public security case trial system

Part 4: The deterioration of the economy destroys the good

Why did socialism arise?
Historical background
Capitalists in collusion with the top 2% of the privileged class, including the king
The emergence of Marx
Presenting the theory of class struggle through the Communist Manifesto
The birth of the Soviet Union
What is the NL injection faction? _Those who believe in Juche ideology
The birth of Juche ideology
Hwang Jang-yeop, who created the Juche ideology
Kim Young-hwan, the godfather of Juche ideology in the Republic of Korea
The Two Roots of the Korean Student Movement: PD and NL
The degenerate but dangerous NL injection faction
We must be firm about North Korea.
South Korea's 'Self-Inflicted Suicide': The Anti-North Korea Leaflet Ban Law
The NL Injectionists' Counterattack: The Movement to Abolish the National Security Law
The National Security Act is a thorn in North Korea's side, and the NIS's investigative bureau is a source of fear.
There have been a total of eight constitutional complaints filed against the National Security Act.
Since the National Security Act cannot be abolished, does this mean that the National Intelligence Service's investigative powers have now been stripped?
We must remember the lessons of the fall of South Vietnam.
Moment of humiliation
Fatal Mistake: The Evidence Forgery Case of a Chinese Spy
Do you really hate the horn called ‘Kyo-gak-sal-woo (矯角殺牛)’: the right to investigate spies?
Should the military be disbanded because of the December 12 military coup?
The process of abolishing the National Intelligence Service's investigative authority
Creating optimal conditions for the abolition of the National Intelligence Service's investigative authority.
The National Intelligence Service's investigative powers have been abolished.
Problems with the argument for abolishing the National Intelligence Service's investigative powers
A similar case: the aftereffects of the abolition of the prosecution's investigative powers.
People who have no interest in national security at all
Reading sutras to a cow's ear
The legislators who ultimately abolished the right to investigate
Advanced countries' attitudes toward national security

Part 5: Warriors Without Uniforms

Why is the National Intelligence Service's investigation bureau so strong?
One-in-a-hundred National Intelligence Service investigators
Experts specializing in espionage investigations
63 years of accumulated know-how in spy investigations
The neural network of espionage investigation
World-class evidence-making technology capabilities
A subject of business synergy that can collaborate and cooperate with all departments within the National Intelligence Service
The Spirit of the Counterintelligence Investigation Bureau Tora_Investigation Bureau
Investigation Bureau organizational culture
The spirit of the investigation bureau
Why did you play the piano?
Virtues of a senior investigator
Virtues of a junior investigator
Our spirit

Part 6: The River of No Return

What is law?
The Tookie Williams case
The principles of law that the Terminator upholds
Legal culture in South Korea
South Korea, a country where legislative violence is committed
Why did the National Assembly attack the National Intelligence Service's investigative authority in 2020?
A counter-plot more lethal than the enemy's poisoned arrows
Giver and Receiver
What is the difference between the police's investigation of ordinary criminals and the National Intelligence Service's investigation of spies?
To investigate spies, extensive legal knowledge and extensive investigative experience are essential.
Will there be a gap in South Korea's spy investigations starting in 2024?
Can't the Military Counterintelligence Command (formerly the Defense Security Command) play a complementary role in espionage investigation activities?
If there were no Mossad in Israel
Reflections on the Loss of the National Intelligence Service's Investigative Powers
Is there no possibility of restoring investigative authority?
Former Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon's sharp and famous words
Alternatives after the abolition of the National Intelligence Service's investigative powers
The wise King David
What we want from the legislators who abolished investigative powers
Duties of legislators
What should we do going forward?
We need to create an independent, dedicated espionage investigation agency, similar to the FBI's National Security Investigation Agency.
If it is not an independent investigative body, the results of the investigation are subject to political scrutiny.
An independent investigative agency is absolutely necessary to alleviate this burden.
I hope the police, who are forming a dedicated espionage investigation unit, do a good job.
A word to the people of the Republic of Korea
Personal thoughts
National security is not a subject of political strife.
Please, let's eat carefully
Were the Roman soldiers who crucified him worse? Were the Pharisees who stirred up the people worse?
The hypocrisy of the Pharisees, the social leaders
Things are planned by people, but their success depends on heaven.
Joan of Arc, who saved her country, was also considered a witch and burned at the stake, but her honor was restored three years later.
I never dreamed that the right to investigate spies would become a subject of political strife.
A glamorous public official and a retired barbarian
Unforgettable first love

Epilogue: Frogs fail to respond to the gradually increasing danger.
Appendix_ North Korean directives and reports to North Korea

The illustrations drawn by the author on each page are fun to look at and contribute to making the book a quick read.


Lee Byeong-seok, a former prosecutor at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's Central Investigation Department and Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, said, "I read it all the way through because it was vivid and interesting and described the true nature of the National Intelligence Service investigation, which had not been made public until now."
Former National Intelligence Service investigation bureau chief Seol Kyung-won said, “I felt deeply moved while reading the book because it so refreshingly expressed the painful stories that investigators had buried with their hearts aching.”

Author Ha Dong-hwan joined the National Intelligence Service in 1993 and has only dug one well in the investigation department.
He was always at the center of major incidents such as Ilsimhoe, Wangjaesan, and RO.

Although he is now a free man, his patriotic writings are full of his anguish.