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[EXCLUSIVE] There was another ranking North Korean defector from Kuwait before Ryu: source


[EXCLUSIVE] There was another ranking North Korean defector from Kuwait before Ryu: source
Posted : 2021-02-25 16:20
Updated : 2021-02-26 09:14
North Korea's former acting ambassador to Kuwait Ryu Hyun-woo has an interview with CNN in January. Captured from CNN
By Yi Whan-woo
A North Korean official ranking higher than the country's former Acting Ambassador to Kuwait Ryu Hyun-woo, whose defection to South Korea was recently made public, also fled from the same Gulf state in 2017 and defected to the South, according to a reliable source.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the source told The Korea Times that the "higher-placed" official was not a diplomat but was in charge of a construction project involving North Korean workers. They were eventually sent back home after Kuwait enforced the 2017 U.N. Security Council sanctions against the Kim Jong-un regime which was using "their" wage remittances to fund its nuclear and missile programs. The source also wondered why the government didn't reveal anything about the earlier defection.

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[EXCLUSIVE] North Korean official outranking ex-envoy to Kuwait fled to South: source

[EXCLUSIVE] North Korean official outranking ex-envoy to Kuwait fled to South: source
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Senior N Korean diplomat defected to South: reports


Senior N Korean diplomat defected to South: reports
AFP, SEOUL
A senior North Korean diplomat has defected to South Korea with his family, reports said yesterday.
In September 2019, then-North Korean acting ambassador to Kuwait Ryu Hyun-woo reached South Korea and sought asylum, but his arrival was kept secret until now, the Maeil Business daily reported.
Defections by senior officials are rare, although Ryu’s arrival came just two months after then-North Korean acting ambassador to Italy Jo Song-gil sought asylum from Seoul.
“I decided to defect because I wanted to offer my child a better future,” the Maeil Business quoted Ryu as saying.

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