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North Korea deputy ambassador in UK defects to South
« on: August 17, 2016, 08:43:19 AM »
Interesting . . . :whistling:

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North Korea deputy ambassador in UK defects to South

By James Pearson and Ju-min Park

August 17, 2016

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's deputy ambassador in London has defected with his family to South Korea, making him the highest-ranking Pyongyang diplomat ever to flee the isolated regime for the democratic South, South Korea said on Wednesday.

The Unification Ministry in Seoul declined to say when or how Thae and his family arrived, or how many relatives accompanied him.

Thae defected due to discontent with the regime of Kim Jong Un in North Korea and for the future of his child, ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee told a news conference. It was not clear in Korean whether Jeong was referring to more than one child.

"We know that Deputy Ambassador Thae is saying that his distaste for the Kim Jong Un regime and yearning for the Republic of Korea's free democratic system and the future of his child are motives for the defection," Jeong said, referring to South Korea, adding that Thae and his family were under government protection.

Impoverished North Korea and prosperous South Korea are technically still at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.

The rest is here:  https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-koreas-deputy-ambassador-defects-london-reports-035552294.html

The NoKos have also said that the US is readying a 'pre-emptive nuclear strike' on North Korea.  That sounds like it could be used as 'justification' for a counter military action . . . :fuelfire:
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Re: North Korea deputy ambassador in UK defects to South
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2016, 10:38:44 AM »
The Norks usually reserve a hole card by having the family suffer for anything like this, the fact he was able to round up his family and keep them with him means either they seriously overestimated how much he cares about his extended family or he's a plant.
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