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Tag: Thae Yong-ho

Posted inNorth Korea

Kim’s diplomatic warriors defecting one by one

by Andrew Salmon January 25, 2021January 28, 2021

SEOUL – The acting ambassador at North Korea’s embassy in Kuwait, Ryu Hyun-woo, has defected to South Korea, the South’s media reported on Monday. If the reports are accurate, that makes him one of the highest-ranked former North Koreans in South Korea. The Seoul press, while often incorrectly reporting purges in North Korea, has a […]

Posted inNorth-South Korea

Seoul bows to Pyongyang with airborne propaganda ban

by Andrew Salmon December 16, 2020December 19, 2020
Posted inSouth Korea

Ex-North Korea diplomat seeks seat in the South

by Sunghee Hwang April 10, 2020April 10, 2020
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

N Korean defectors form S Korean political party

by Andrew Salmon March 7, 2020March 9, 2020
Posted inNortheast Asia

Top North Korean defector to contest poll in South

by Andrew Salmon February 19, 2020February 23, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un talks with cadres. Kim las launched another purge in the military, undermining morale. Photo: AFP/KCNA via KNS
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Purges, resignations hit North Korea’s military, elites

by Robert E. McCoy January 11, 2019February 18, 2020
Thae Yong-ho, who fled his post as North Korea's deputy ambassador to Britain in August 2016, speaks as a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with South Korean envoys is seen on a screen during a press conference for his memoir in Seoul on May 14, 2018. Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-je
Posted inAT Finance, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

Pyongyang, Seoul caught between principle and pragmatism

by Frank Chen and Andrew Salmon May 23, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inUncategorized

No dissuading Kim from nuclear program: defector

by Peter Langan December 28, 2016February 18, 2020

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