A South Korean heiress-slash-business executive crash lands in North Korea after her paraglider is caught in typhoon, and ends up falling out of a tree, straight into the arms of a strait-laced and …
North Korea is advancing its nuclear program and increasing illicit trade, new UN report says
Although North Korea has dodged sanctions for many years, the report says, the government of Kim Jong Un has “continued to flout Security Council resolutions through illicit maritime exports of …
Photos capture North Korea ships’ sanctions busting in Chinese waters: U.N. report
That appears to be a lax enforcement by China of U.N. sanctions aimed at curbing Pyongyang’s nuclear program under which countries are required to inspect cargo destined to or coming from North Korea …
Highest Ranking North Korean Defector Wins Seat in South Korea Election, Says Pyongyang Must Consider ‘New Way’
Thae Yong Ho abandoned his post as deputy ambassador in London after becoming aware of the “gruesome realities” of life in the North.
Ex-North Korean diplomat becomes first defector elected to South Korea’s Parliament
Thae Yong Ho served as deputy head of the North Korean embassy in London from 2006, before defecting to South Korea with his family in 2016.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un missing at ‘Day of the Sun’ honors as nation insists no coronavirus cases
Senior officials in North Korea paid tribute to the remote kingdom’s founder Kim Il Sung on Wednesday but it was the apparent absence of current dictator Kim Jong Un that’s raising eyebrows if …
Ex-North Korean diplomat becomes first defector elected into South Korea’s parliament
Thae Yong Ho served as deputy head of the North Korean embassy in London from 2006, before defecting to South Korea with his family in 2016.
Gangnam smile: North Korean defector wins South Korea’s swankiest seat
A former North Korean diplomat has won a parliamentary seat in South Korea’s swankiest district, four years after fleeing a London embassy and defecting to the South. Thae Yong Ho was Pyongyang’s the …
North Korean defector becomes first to win South Korea parliamentary seat
Thae Yong-ho has become the first ever North Korean defector to win a constituency seat in South Korea. Mr Thae was once North Korea’s deputy ambassador to the UK, but defected in 2016 with his family …
Former North Korean diplomat elected lawmaker in South Korea
Thae Yong Ho, the second-highest ranking North Korean official to have defected to South Korea, made history becoming the first defector to be directly elected as a lawmaker in South Korea’s affluent …