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Miss Grand International ends in turmoil as furious Myanmar team tear third place crown off their own sobbing 18-year-old contestant's head insisting she should have won
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Miss Grand International ends in turmoil as furious Myanmar team tear third place crown off their own sobbing 18-year-old contestant's head insisting she should have won

Daily Mail  

There were ugly scenes at this year's Miss Grand International beauty pageant when a member of the Myanmar team furiously tore the third place crown from their own contestant's head, insisting she should have come first instead. Dramatic video shows how, as she left the stage, Miss Grand Myanmar director Htoo Ant Lwin removed her crown and snatched away her …

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Kim Jong Un rumors not ‘based on the facts’ says former North Korean diplomat
4 years, 11 months ago

Kim Jong Un rumors not ‘based on the facts’ says former North Korean diplomat

CNN  

CNN — A high-level North Korean defector has suggested it’s likely that Kim Jong Un has health issues of some kind, but cautioned against reading too much into conflicting reports on the status of the North Korean leader, insisting only a handful of people have access to the truth. Thae Yong-ho, a former North Korean diplomat who was elected to …

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Thae Yong Ho becomes first North Korean defector to win parliamentary seat in South Korea
4 years, 11 months ago

Thae Yong Ho becomes first North Korean defector to win parliamentary seat in South Korea

India TV News  

A former senior North Korean diplomat won a constituency seat in South Korea’s parliamentary elections, the first such achievement among tens of thousands of North Koreans who have fled their authoritarian, impoverished homeland. Thae Yong Ho, a former minister at the North Korean Embassy in London who resettled in South Korea with his family in 2016, was elected as a …

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High-level North Korean defector wins South parliament seat
4 years, 11 months ago

High-level North Korean defector wins South parliament seat

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — A former senior North Korean diplomat won a constituency seat in South Korea’s parliamentary elections, the first such achievement among tens of thousands of North Koreans who have fled their authoritarian, impoverished homeland. Thae Yong Ho, a former minister at the North Korean Embassy in London who resettled in South Korea with his family in 2016, …

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North Korea defector says information more dangerous than US threats
7 years, 4 months ago

North Korea defector says information more dangerous than US threats

CNN  

Washington CNN — At the age of just four years old, children in North Korea bow before giant portraits depicting the three supreme leaders of the Kim dynasty – a ritualistic display of obedience that embodies Kim Jong Un’s strategy to maintain his unquestioned grip on power, a former North Korean diplomat told US lawmakers on Wednesday. “Today, Kim Jong …

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North Korean defector predicts future uprising against Kim Jong Un
8 years, 2 months ago

North Korean defector predicts future uprising against Kim Jong Un

ABC  

The highest-level North Korean diplomat to defect to South Korea says he decided to flee last year because he didn't want his children to live "miserable" lives in the North. Key points: Thae Yong-ho says his risky defection was for the sake of his sons He expresses disappointment in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un The former deputy ambassador to …

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North Korean Defector: Information Flow Will Help Bring Down Kim Jong Un
8 years, 2 months ago

North Korean Defector: Information Flow Will Help Bring Down Kim Jong Un

NPR  

North Korean Defector: Information Flow Will Help Bring Down Kim Jong Un Enlarge this image toggle caption NurPhoto via Getty Images NurPhoto via Getty Images What makes North Korea feel so oppressive? Enlarge this image toggle caption Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images A shortwave radio station called Free North Korea Radio has been delivering information from outside the country …

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N Korea defector: Kim Jong-un’s days are numbered
8 years, 2 months ago

N Korea defector: Kim Jong-un’s days are numbered

Al Jazeera  

One of most senior North Korean officials to flee post says he expects more defections as government systems ‘crumble’. “I’m sure and I can say that Kim Jong-un’s days are numbered,” said Thae Yong-Ho, who was North Korea’s deputy ambassador to Britain before fleeing to South Korea in August. The elite were “turning their backs” on Kim, he said, adding: …

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Kim Jong-un’s former ambassador to Britain becomes a celebrity south of the border
8 years, 2 months ago

Kim Jong-un’s former ambassador to Britain becomes a celebrity south of the border

Daily Mail  

For years he represented despot Kim Jong-un's and his father Kim Jong-il's regimes - but now Thae Yong Ho has become an unlikely star on South Korean TV. The former diplomat has featured prominently in the public eye since his defection last summer DEFECTOR SHUNS A LIFE IN THE SHADOWS Thae is the highest-ranking official to have fled North Korea …

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What Does It Mean When A North Korean Diplomat Defects?
8 years, 7 months ago

What Does It Mean When A North Korean Diplomat Defects?

NPR  

What Does It Mean When A North Korean Diplomat Defects? And then there's Thae Yong Ho," says Michael Madden, a visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute who tracks changes in North Korean personnel at North Korea Leadership Watch. Sponsor Message The North Korea watchers tend to focus less on these "general population" defections, and more on defections by key North …

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North Korea calls London diplomat who defected 'human scum who lacks loyalty and even tiny bits of conscience'
8 years, 7 months ago

North Korea calls London diplomat who defected 'human scum who lacks loyalty and even tiny bits of conscience'

The Independent  

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North Korea calls diplomat defector ‘human scum’
8 years, 7 months ago

North Korea calls diplomat defector ‘human scum’

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Saturday that a senior North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea is a criminal and “human scum,” in its first official response to the defection. It said that Thae “should have received legal punishment for the crimes he committed, but he discarded the fatherland that raised him and even his own …

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Rarely subtle in criticisms, North Korea heaps scorn on diplomat defector
8 years, 7 months ago

Rarely subtle in criticisms, North Korea heaps scorn on diplomat defector

LA Times  

North Korea is rarely accused of being subtle in its criticisms, and has trotted out one its harshest epithets for a diplomat who recently defected to South Korea. Thae also was accused of sexual assaulting a minor, and of being a traitor “who lacks even an elementary level of loyalty and even tiny bits of conscience and morality that are …

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S. Korea: Senior N. Korean diplomat based in London defects
8 years, 7 months ago

S. Korea: Senior N. Korean diplomat based in London defects

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — A senior North Korean diplomat based in London has defected to South Korea, becoming one of the highest Northern officials to do so, South Korea said Wednesday. Thae Yong Ho, minister at the North Korean Embassy in London, has arrived in South Korea with his family and is under the protection of the South Korean government, …

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High-profile North Korean diplomat defects to South Korea
8 years, 7 months ago

High-profile North Korean diplomat defects to South Korea

LA Times  

Since being dispatched from North Korea to London as a foreign service officer, Thae Yong Ho had developed some very un-North Korean tastes, friends say. Despite growing comfortable with his posting to North Korea’s embassy in suburban London, Thae chose to leave that life behind and defect with his wife and children to South Korea, in what could be one …

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Senior North Korean Diplomat Reportedly Defects To South Korea
8 years, 7 months ago

Senior North Korean Diplomat Reportedly Defects To South Korea

NPR  

Senior North Korean Diplomat Reportedly Defects To South Korea Enlarge this image toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP Ahn Young-joon/AP North's Korea's No. As NPR's Frank Langfitt tells our Newscast Unit, South Korean officials say Thae had grown disappointed by the government of Kim Jong Un: "They also say Thae's defection signals weakening support for Kim among North Korean elites. The New …

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