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Ryu Hyun-woo is the second senior diplomat known to have defected in the past two years.

South Korean reports say that Run Hyun-woo - an acting ambassador - fled to South Korea in September.

SEOUL (AFP): A senior North Korean diplomat who was acting ambassador to Kuwait has defected to the South with his family, reports said Monday (Jan 25).

A NORTH KOREAN ACTING ambassador, who is believed to be the son of one of the most senior officials of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), reportedly defected with his family to South Korea, according to sources. Two South Korean news outlets, the Yonhap News Agency and the Maeil Business Newspaper, reported the alleged defection on Monday. They both cited sources in the South Korean government. The alleged defector is Ryu Hyun-Woo, who was serving as acting charge d’affaires at the...

There is an alternative: Another North Korean diplomat defects to South Korea The defection of such a high-ranking official could signal that Kim Jong-un’s loyal base is beginning to crumble Author of the article: Jordan Fleguel Publishing date: Jan 25, 2021  •  January 25, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a ceremony for the 8th Congress of the Workers Party in Pyongyang, North Korea January 14, 2021 in this photo supplied by North Kor...

Senior N Korean diplomat defected to South: reports 25th January, 2021 11:57:52 SEOUL: A senior North Korean diplomat who was acting ambassador to Kuwait has defected to the South with his family, reports said on Monday. Ryu Hyun-woo reached South Korea in September 2019 and sought asylum, according to the Maeil Business daily, but his arrival was kept secret until now. About 30,000 North Koreans have fled repression and poverty under the communist regime and settled in the capitalist South, mo...

A NORTH KOREAN ACTING ambassador, who is believed to be the son of one of the most senior officials of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), reportedly defected with his family to South Korea, according to sources. Two South Korean news outlets, the Yonhap News Agency and the Maeil Business Newspaper, reported the alleged defection on Monday. They both cited sources in the South Korean government. The alleged defector is Ryu Hyun-Woo, who was serving as acting charge d’affaires at the...

Chinese and South Korean business leaders are much more optimistic than their Japanese counterparts about the prospect for better US-China relations under the incoming administration of Joe Biden, according to a recent survey by leading newspapers in the three East Asian countries. More than 57 per cent of executives from China and 51 per cent from South Korea said the bilateral relationship would improve or greatly improve after Biden takes...

Companies from China, Japan and South Korea are expecting to continue to feel the weight of a trade war initiated by the US against China, while further technology decoupling is also likely during the incoming Joe Biden administration, Chinese analysts said on Monday.

Most entrepreneurs and high-level executives from China, Japan and South Korea are optimistic about Chinas economic growth this year, according to a survey by the Global Times Research Center, Maeil Business Newspaper and Nikkei.