North Korea's deputy ambassador defects in London
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North Korea's deputy ambassador in London has reportedly defected with his family. If confirmed, this would be one of the most high-profile defections in recent years from the increasingly isolated country.
So far, South Korea's JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported on Tuesday that a high-profile diplomat in the UK defected with his wife and son to a "third country". The BBC named the defector as veteran diplomat Thae Yong Ho, a counsellor at the North Korean embassy and deputy to the ambassador.
Quoting an unnamed source, JoongAng Ilbo said the diplomat embarked on a defection journey "following a scrupulous plan" and was in the process of "landing in a third country as an asylum seeker."
