North Korean ambassador who vanished in Italy defected to South Korea, lawmakers say
4 years, 2 months ago

North Korean ambassador who vanished in Italy defected to South Korea, lawmakers say

LA Times  

A senior North Korean diplomat who vanished in Italy in late 2018 is living in South Korea under government protection, South Korean lawmakers said Wednesday. If confirmed, the disclosure would make Jo Song Gil, North Korea’s former acting ambassador to Italy, the highest-level North Korean official to defect to the south since the 1997 arrival of Hwang Jang-yop, a senior official in Pyongyang who once tutored former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the father of the country’s current leader, Kim Jong Un. Before Jo, Thae Yong Ho, a former minister at the North Korean Embassy in London, was the most senior North Korean diplomat to defect to South Korea. World & Nation Senior North Korean defector says his sons were reason he fled The highest-level North Korean diplomat to defect to South Korea said Wednesday that he decided to flee last year because he didn’t want his children to live miserable lives in the North.

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