By Lee Tee Jong, South Korea Correspondent

Seoul - She is attractive and intelligent, an irresistible siren to the men she courted, especially military officers. Several of them came under her spell and succumbed to her charms - only to realise later that they had sold out their country.

Now, Won Jeong Hwa, 34, will go on trial in South Korea this week for spying for her native North Korea for the past five years by sleeping with military officers.

Her alleged mission was to obtain classified information on key military installations as well as important North Korean defectors. If convicted of treason, she may face the death penalty.

Bond, Jane Bone: Female spies over the years

Valerie Plame: She worked for 20 years as a covert operative in the United States and overseas for the Central Intelligence Agency.

Her cover was leaked to the media after her husband, former ambassador Joe Wilson, criticised the administration of President George W. Bush over the Iraq war. The couple have sold the movie rights for their life story to Warner Bros.

Gertrud Margarete Zelle: The Dutch exotic dancer, briefly married to a Dutch army captain while he was serving in Java and Sumatra and better known as Mata Hari (Malay for the Sun), is perhaps the most infamous female spy in history.

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