The Bowibu is the North Korean national security agency that investigates political crimes.
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Bowibu Term Timeline in Nothing to Envy
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Chapter 12
...Hyuck was arrested just after his 16th birthday, a fleet of undercover police from the Bowibu, the national security agency that investigates political crimes, brought him to a holding center where...
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Chapter 15
...to change how her superiors saw her. When she received a surprise visit from a Bowibu agent who asked if she was planning to defect, however, she realized she’d never be...
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Chapter 16
...her first day of the mission, she was caught again and turned over to the Bowibu. Oak-hee was tied together at the thumbs with two other women—the Bowibu did not have...
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