'Secret terms' for Korea hostages - Its no secret to the Taleban. Just us

Now tell me how that helps anything.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6982095.stm

'Secret terms' for Korea hostages

South Korea's intelligence chief has refused to deny that his government paid a ransom to the Taleban to release 19 hostages last week.

Kim Man-bok admitted to a parliamentary committee that there were undisclosed terms involved in the deal with the Afghan rebels.

He said the truth would be made public at some point.

South Korean officials had previously repeatedly denied reports that money was paid for the hostages' release.

'Not proper'

"It's not proper for you, intelligence committee members, to ask whether a ransom was paid. I think it will serve better to leave it there for a while," Mr Kim said, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.